The arrest of the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nsima Ekere, has been linked to the political scheming by former Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio.
Mr. Ekere was on his way to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in Nigeria’s South-South region, when he received an invitation to report to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday.
The former NDDC boss was said to have promptly changed his travel plans and boarded a flight from Abuja where he resides to Lagos to honour the invitation of the anti-graft agency.
On arrival at the commission, he was confronted with accusations of corruptly enriching himself while serving as MD of the NDDC between November 2016 and January 2019 and was promptly detained.
A statement issued by EFCC and posted on its website said Mr. Ekere was being held for alleged diversion of funds to the tune of N47 billion through registered contractors of the agency.
However, the EFCC released the former Managing Director of the NDDC, Ekere on Sunday.
A source in the EFCC told SaharaReporters on Sunday that “Ekere has been released on bail”.
