“Chief Liyel Imoke was on Wednesday quizzed by operatives of the EFCC, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for his alleged involvement in the N500m collected by the Cross Rivers State’s Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Ntufam Okon, from the sleazy $115million, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke lodged with Fidelity Bank in controversial circumstances during the 2015 electioneering campaign period," EFCC said.
“Imoke arrived at the Port Harcourt’s office of the EFCC, by 10.15am on Wednesday, and is answering questions being posed to him by his investigators.”
A former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Imasuen, and former Secretary to the State Government of Edo, Pastor Osagie Iyamu, were also arrested for allegedly collecting N700m from the Diezani fund.
“The N700m was reportedly collected from the Mission Road branch of Fidelity Bank Plc, in Benin- City in March, 2015. Iyamu, a PDP Presidential Campaign Coordinator in the 2015 presidential election, admitted collecting the money from the bank.
“He told EFCC’s interrogators that he went to the bank on that fateful day with Imasuen and a former House of Representatives member representing Edo-Central, Tony Azeigbemi (who has yet to be arrested by the EFCC) and the money was handed over to them by an official of the bank. Both Imasuen and Iyamu signed for the collection of the money.
“Investigations by the EFCC showed that the two politicians conveyed the money from the bank in a bullion van to the residence of a top politician in Edo State. The commission is on the trail of the politician for the recovery of the money. Both Imasuen and Iyamu are in the custody of the EFCC and would be charged to court soon.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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