The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recorded a payment of N54 million on 27 August 2025 to travel agency Wakanow.com Limited for a delegation of five judges to attend a symposium in London, United Kingdom. The judges were nominated by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and travelled to an annual International Symposium on Financial Crimes hosted by the University of Cambridge.
EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale defended the outlay, stating the sponsorship aimed to strengthen institutional capacity in the fight against financial crimes. He said, "The trip was sponsored to enable the judges and some members of the National Assembly attend a yearly International Symposium on Financial Crimes at the Cambridge University, London," and added, "The judges were nominated by the Chief Justice of Nigeria. There is nothing untoward or illegitimate about it. The symposium was meant to broaden the perspectives of the attendees and deepen their understanding of issues involved in economic and financial crimes."
Oyewale also highlighted that EFCC staff and other stakeholders joined the judges, remarking, "The judges were not the only ones that went, even staff of the commission were there and other persons too who made the trip. You can check the symposium which is an annual event and different experts come around to attend the program," he told SaharaReporters. He later described the N54 million figure on Govspend as
