A former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Ohakim, governor between 2007 and 2011, was arrested Thursday at about 10.05 am at his residence in the Asokoro district of Abuja, after he declined to honour an invitation that requested him to report at the commission office on Wednesday.
EFCC operatives, who had been on his trail for days, reportedly stormed his residence Thursday and drove him in an unmarked car to the commission’s headquarters in the Maitama district of Abuja.
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 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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