The Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly Hon, Ogbonnaya Francis Nwaifuru, was on Friday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly misappropriating N60m constituency project fund.
The said cash was allegedly diverted by the Speaker before his emergence as the head of the State Assembly. The Speaker was being grilled as at press time on how he expended the constituency project cash.
The Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that the Ebonyi Speaker was “picked up at about 1100 hours on Friday at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, by operatives of the Commission, after he spurned two previous invitations by the agency.
“Nwaifuru was first invited on October 20, 2015, to appear before the Enugu zonal office of the Commission, but did not respond to the invitation. A reminder letter was sent to him on November 19, 2015, which he also failed to respond to it.
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