EFCC discovers fresh $72.8m linked to Diezani

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it has discovered $72.87 million linked to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The development was made known when the anti-graft agency confirmed the arrest of Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank over the said amount still in the coffers of the 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.“Okonkwo and Charles Onyedibe are currently being detained by the EFCC over the whereabouts of the new $72.8m.