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EFCC Pin Former Governor Udom Emmanuel has exceeded N700 billion fraud.
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The former governor is held by the EFCC because the N31 trillion deal is traced to an account with the “governor’s office.”
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Around 700 billion guild debt status has been traced back to him.
Akwa Ibom State’s former governor, Uddom Gabriel Emmanuel, served the public between 2015 and 2023, was arrested by the EFCC today.
After arriving at the office of the Economic, Finance and Crime Commission (EFCC) around 12:30 pm, Udom Emmanuel was caught after being unable to clear the questions raised by the Commission to him.
He is currently detained by EFCC agents due to alleged fraud.
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Daily Report Nigeria collects that UDOM was invited by the company headquarters of EFCC Corporate Headquarters in Abuja to answer allegations of money laundering, transfer of funds and theft.
A source who guaranteed anonymity revealed that a civil society organization called the Anti-Corruption and Trafficking Network (NACT) wrote a petition to the EFCC urging them to investigate the financial transactions of former Governor Udom Emmanuel.
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The petition says former governor Udom Emmanuel received N3 trillion US dollars from the federal finance ministry within eight years, but he left behind 500 billion guilds of outstanding debt, with the unfinished project debt worth about 300 billion guilds.
After investigation, the EFCC found that between 2019 and 2023, 31 billion guild cash was withdrawn from a single account with the “governor’s office”.
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The committee also claimed that the former Udom governor was unable to occupy 700 billion guilds, resulting in his arrest.