EFCC Uncovers Fresh $72.8m Linked To Diezani

Diezani Alison-Madueke

The sum of $72.87 million linked to Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources has been discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The anti-graft agency said this while confirming the arrest of Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank.

The statement read;

“As part of the ongoing investigations into the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo, allegedly over an additional $72, 870,000million still in the coffers of the bank.

“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.

“ Nnamdi Okonkwo is  currently being detained by the EFCC over the whereabouts of the new $72.8m.”