BREAKING: EFCC Arrests Another Top Government Official Over N25bn Fraud
- NDDC's account director, Eno Ubi Otu, has reportedly been picked up by operatives of the anti-graft agency, EFCC
- Otu was arrested by the detectives of the anti-graft agency at about 11:15am on Wednesday, August 24
- The arrest was reportedly in relation to a case of alleged diversion of over N25 billion tax remittances
FCT, Abuja - Eno Ubi Otu, the director, Finance and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is reportedly being grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
According to Daily Trust, Otu was arrested by the detectives of the anti-graft agency at about 11:15am on Wednesday, August 24, in relation to a case of alleged diversion of over N25 billion tax remittances.
Source: Facebook
The newspaper cited a source at the commission as saying that the NDDC official was still with the operatives as at 7:15pm.
According to the official, Otu’s arrest was part of a larger investigation of the forensic audit report of the NDDC.
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The development has also been reported by Vanguard. However, the spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, is yet to confirm the development at the time of this report.
Land scam: EFCC arrests, arraigns another top Govt ex-official
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the EFCC arrested and arraigned Kayode Odeyemi, a former deputy comptroller of correctional service before a high court in Bwari, Abuja.
According to the commission's director of media and publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, Odeyemi was arraigned for crimes bordering on land fraud.
In the charges filed against Odeyemi, the commission claimed that he defrauded one Joseph N. Emelieze of N6,500,000 in 2019.
Court sentences prominent Nigerian senator to 7 years in prison
In another report, the Court of Appeal in Lagos has convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, representing Delta North Senatorial District, to seven years imprisonment.
The EFCC in a statement via Facebook said the appellate court gave the verdict on Friday, July 1. Senator Peter Nwaoboshi sentenced to seven years imprisonment for money laundering.
Legit.ng gathers that the court also ordered that the senator's two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2021.
Source: Legit.ng
