Nigeria: Presidential hopeful in looted funds probe

Nigeria's anti-corruption agency is investigating a former state governor who is widely expected to run for president in 2007 in connection with funds looted during the rule of General Sani Abacha, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The probe into the accounts of Buba Marwa, who was military administrator of Lagos state under Abacha, is the first attempt by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to go after a highly placed official from that era over looted funds.