The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
on Wednesday stormed the headquarters of Sterling Bank Plc in Lagos for an
undisclosed investigation.
One of our correspondents gathered that the operatives of the
anti-graft agency quizzed the Managing Director of the bank, Mr. Yemi Adeola,
for over two hours, but the details were not disclosed.
When contacted on the development, officials of the bank refused to confirm or deny the visit by the EFCC operatives.
As of 9pm on Wednesday, the anti-graft agency had yet to give
any explanation for its action.
Meanwhile, the EFCC has interrogated a former Governor of Imo
State, Achike Udenwa, for allegedly receiving N350m from the Director of
Finance, Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman.
The money was said to have emanated from the account of the
Central Bank of Nigeria.
About N4bn was deposited into the account of Usman who then
disbursed the money to several politicians during the build-up to the 2015
presidential election.
According to sources at the EFCC, both Udenwa and a former
Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Viola Onwuliri, got N350m in two tranches.
The first tranche of N150m was allegedly paid into their joint
account with Zenith bank on January 13, 2015 while the second tranche of N200m
was credited into their account with Diamond Bank.
A reliable source at the anti-graft agency confirmed to our
correspondent on the telephone that Udenwa was quizzed but added that he had
since been released.
“Udenwa was invited on Tuesday and was quizzed for several
hours. He was, however, released around 9pm and he cooperated fully with us,”
he said.
Udenwa, while speaking with our correspondent on the telephone,
confirmed that he was questioned by EFCC detectives.
He also said he received N350m but stated that the money was
used solely for the purpose of campaigning for Jonathan.
“I was not arrested by the EFCC. I simply honoured an invitation.
I told them what I have always said. During the build-up to the election, we
opened a joint account and N350m was paid into the account and the money was
used for the campaign.
“We did not embezzle the money. The money was well managed
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