Operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have confirmed the arrest of the Director, Finance, and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Eno Ubi Otu for alleged fraud.
Africa Daily News, New York can confirm that Mr. Otu is currently being grilled with regards to an alleged ₦25billion fraud.
According to reports, it was alleged that the finance director played a role in the diversion of over ₦25billion tax remittances.
The suspect who arrived at the Commission in the early hours of Wednesday, August 24, 2022 was still being interrogated as of press time.
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A source who spoke to newsmen on Thursday disclosed that the arrest was part of a larger investigation of the forensic audit report of the NDDC.
Spokesman of the Commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, could not be reached for confirmation.
In another report, the chairman of the anti-graft agency, has disclosed that the number of suspects it has convicted; in total, 2,210 offenders have been imprisoned due to their alleged involvement in economic and financial offenses. This was recorded between January 1, 2022, to August 5, 2022.
Abdulrasheed Bawa, The Executive Chairman of the anti-graft commission related it to the public when he addressed a meeting with journalists tagged, ‘Effective Reporting of Economic and Financial Crimes‘. The meeting was held at the EFCC’s Headquarters, located in Abuja.
About eight months following the EFCC’s announcement that it has amassed 2,220 convictions in total, throughout its Stations in 2021.
According to reports, this has been the highest number of arrests the EFCC has made since its establishment. This has increased by 127.5 percent away from the 1,280 convictions tallied by the commission in 2019.
