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Former Governor Ikedi
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A former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has been
arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Mr. Ohakim, governor
between 2007 and 2011, was arrested Thursday at about 10.05 am at his residence
in the Asokoro district of Abuja.
A source at the commission
said an invitation was sent to the former governor but that he failed to
turn up Wednesday as advised.
PREMIUM TIMES reports EFCC operatives, who had
been on his trail for days, our source said, stormed his residence Thursday and
drove him in an unmarked car to the commission’s headquarters in the Maitama
district of the nation’s capital.
He is currently being
detained, with his interrogation expected to begin later in the day.
The source said the
former governor has questions to answer concerning a number of property
allegedly traced to him.
Also, a former governor
of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has willingly surrendered himself for questioning
almost the same time Mr. Ohakim was brought into the EFCC’s headquarters in
Abuja.
He is currently been
quizzed by the commission’s operatives over alleged bribery and money
laundering offences.
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