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EFCC arrest former Delta governor, Okowa over alleged diversion of N1.3trillion state funds. 

Former governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has been arrested over alleged diversion of N1.3trillion state funds. by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

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Former governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has been arrested over alleged diversion of N1.3trillion state funds. by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Okowa was arrested on Monday for the alleged diversion of the funds, said to be part of the 13 percent derivation fund earmarked for oil-producing states.

Officials said that the former Delta governor and former Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was taken into custody at the Port-Harcourt division of the anti-graft office.

 

The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, also confirmed the detention also to The Gazette by telephone.

Okowa was alleged to have used his office as governor to loot and acquire assets up to N1.3 trillion.

Some of the assets included massive shares in UTM Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Company, among other investments in the oil sector.

The National Bureau of Statistics had reported how the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed the among the oil-producing states, the 13% derivation fund.

Source: Metronetworknews with Sahara report
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