A former Military Administrator of Akwa Ibom State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Idongesit Nkanga, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Nkanga, a retired air commodore is accused of sharing N450 million from the sleazy $115million deposited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, with Fidelity Bank Plc.
EFCC insiders said the former governor who was arrested in Port- Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Monday, allegedly collected the money in two tranches, from one Saint-Anthony Ejiowu, a staff of Fidelity Bank in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.
The first tranche of the money – N350 million was paid to the politician on March 27, 2015, and the second tranche of N100 million was collected on March 31, 2015.
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