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EFCC bundles ex-Gov Udenwa from Enugu to Abuja

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have arrested a former Imo State Governor Achike Udenwa, on suspicion of involvement in the huge funds that were allegedly disbursed to PDP chieftains in the run up to the 2015 general elections.

Udenwa was reportedly picked up in Enugu and flown to the commission’s Lagos office for questioning.

Udenwa was mentioned to have received N350million of the N4billion withdrawn from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
It is still unclear if he has regained his freedom as at the time of this report.

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Of the six people implicated in the scandal, only a former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Nenadi Usman, has been grilled by detectives, and has reportedly refunded N140 million after being granted administrative bail, even as two house said to belong to her have also been consficated.

A source at the anti graft agency revealed, that: “As part of the ongoing probe of the N2.5billion illegally collected from the CBN for campaign purpose, our operatives have arrested a former Governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa. He was picked up in Enugu but now detained in Lagos for grilling.

“He is expected to explain how he came about N350million with a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri.

“Besides getting the list of beneficiaries of the N350million, we are interested in how he will refund the cash, which was illegally taken from the CBN.”

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