Nigeria, June 18 -- The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said the commission would be going all out to investigate money laundering in the real estate sector.

The investigation, according to Mr Bawa, will involve parts of Abuja, Lagos State and Port Harcourt, the state capital of Rivers State.

"So, it is a huge problem that we need to work with the media to unearth this issue. On our part, we are vigorously going after the real estates particularly in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt.

"That is an avenue that we have identified as an area where they are hiding money," Mr Bawa said on Thursday while fielding questions from State House reporters at the weekly ministerial briefing organi...