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Alleged N25bn Fraud: EFCC arrests, grills NDDC’s Account Director

By Uchechi Ojo August 24, 2022231 views

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Director, Finance, and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Eno Ubi Otu.

Mr. Otu is currently being grilled with regards to alleged N25billion fraud.

It is alleged that the finance director played a role in the diversion of over an N25billion 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.

A source disclosed that the arrest was part of a larger investigation of the forensic audit report of the NDDC.

The spokesman of the Commission, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, could not be reached for confirmation.

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