The Edo State Government has threatened to invite the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to probe the Internally Generated Revenue profiles of the 18 local government councils in the state.

The move, the state government said became imperative in view of the abysmal three million naira revenue the 18 councils submitted as what it earned in a month.

It further threatened that the anti-graft agency would be made to probe, arrest and prosecute any Head of Local Government Administration, or council personnel involved in shady deals, resulting in the declining IGR.

The threats were handed over by the deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, at the Government House, Benin City, during a closed-door meeting with HOLGAs and Local Government Liaison Officers.