Crime & SecurityNewsEFCC Questions NDDC Account Director Over N25bn Fraud

Eno Ubi Otu, director of finance and account, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is being questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The director is said to be grilled over the alleged diversion of N25 billion in tax remittances.

According to TheCable, that the NDDC account director arrived at the EFCC facility on Wednesday, and he is still being held for interrogation.

The arrest was said to be a part of a larger investigation of the forensic audit report of the NDDC.

In 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a forensic audit of the NDDC’s operations from 2001 to 2019.

While receiving the audit report, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, said the federal government was concerned about the way funds have been spent on the region, adding that “approximately N6 trillion” was given to the commission within the period under review.

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