EFCC Arrests Former Akwa Ibom Governor Over Diezani’s $115million Loot
Former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State and chieftain of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Idongesit Nkanga has been arrested by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Mr.
Nkanga, a retired air commodore, is accused of receiving
N450,000,000(Four Hundred and Fifty Million Naira only) from the sleazy
$115million deposited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, with Fidelity Bank Plc.
Premium Times reports that the former governor was picked in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Monday.
It was reported that he collected the money in two tranches,
from a certain Saint-Anthony Ejiowu, a staff of Fidelity Bank in Uyo,
the Akwa Ibom State capital.
The
first tranche of the money – N350,000,000 (Three Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Million Naira only) was paid to the politician on March 27,
2015, the source said.
Mr. Nkanga allegedly received the second tranche of N100,000,000 (One Hundred Million Naira only) on March 31, 2015.
“He is in the custody of the EFCC and would be charged to court soon,” an EFCC official said.
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