Nigeria, April 25 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, handed over assets recovered from convicted fraudsters to the Enugu State Government.

Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, received the properties on behalf of the state government at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja.

Handing over the assets, EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, recalled that journey to the recovery started in 2007, when the commission began the prosecution of the fraudsters, a statement by the commission said on Wednesday.

"If you look at the history of this particular matter, it takes us back to 2007 when we started the prosecution. So we are looking at about 17 years since the matter has been on. Eventually some of the properties were forfei...