Crime
Ex- NDDC boss, Nsima Ekwere in EFCC net over alleged N47bn fraud
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Nsima Ekere for an alleged diversion of funds to the tune of N47 billion through registered contractors of the agency.
Mr. Ekere was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday for alleged diversion of the funds through NDDC’s registered contractors.
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This is according to the Commission’s spokesperson Wilson Uwajaren who confirmed it to Channels Television.
Nsima Ekere, a politician from Akwa Ibom State was appointed by President Buhari to head the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC in 2016.
He resigned in 2019 to pursue his ambition as a governorship candidate of the APC in his state, Akwa Ibom state where he lost to the incumbent, Udom Emmanuel of the PDP.
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