EFCC Uncovers Fresh $72.8m Linked To Diezani

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has discovered a fresh sum of $72.87 million allegedly linked to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

Gatekeepers News reports that the EFCC says the amount was discovered in a Fidelity Bank account and a former Managing Director of the bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has been arrested over the development.

This was contained in a statement issued by the commision.

The statement reads, “As part of the ongoing investigations into the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo, allegedly over an additional $72, 870,000million still in the coffers of the bank.

“Okonkwo, who is currently the Chairman of First Bank Holding, alongside others, had earlier been grilled over a sum of $153million and $115million by the Commission.

“While all the $153 million was recovered by the EFCC, the cases involving $115million, as it relates with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, bribery matter, are in various courts.

“Okonkwo and Charles Onyedibe are  currently being detained by the EFCC over the whereabouts of the new $72.8m.”