A former Senior
Special Assistant on Media to Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake
Dickson, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The suspect,
Abnedgo Don- Evarada, was arrested on Monday in Port- Harcourt, Rivers
State for offering a bribe of N10million( Ten Million Naira) to the
EFCC's Zonal Head in Port- Harcourt, Mr Ishaq Salihu.
Don-Evarada ran
into trouble when he approached Salihu, over a case involving the Senior
Special Assistant to the Bayelsa's state governor on Millennium
Development Goals, Apere Embelakpo and his wife, Fiene Beauty.
Embelakpo is
being investigated for alleged diversion of N800million( Eight Hundred
Million Naira only), being funds meant for the Millennium Development
Goals, MDG, while his wife is being investigated for alleged money
laundering, forgery and suspicious transactions to the tune of
N200million( Two Hundred Million Naira only). Don- Evarada offered the
bribe ostensibly to compromise the EFCC investigation but his overture
was turned down and was arrested.
He is being kept in the custody of the EFCC and would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
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