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Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has uncovered an additional $72, 870,000 million linked to theformer Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The sum was said to have been discovered in an account domiciled in Fidelity Bank Plc.
Consequently, a former Managing Director of the bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has been arrested.
Okonkwo, who is currently the Chairman of First Bank Holding, alongside others, had earlier been grilled over a sum of $153million and $115million by the commission.
While all the $153 million was recovered by the EFCC, the cases involving $115million, as it relates with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), bribery matter, are in various courts.
Okonkwo and Charles Onyedibe arecurrently being detained by the EFCC over the whereabouts of the new $72.8m.
(Channels TV)
