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EFCC Drags Rivers SSG To Court For Laundering N750m

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πŸ“‚ Categories: General
🏷️ Tags: Rivers State, INEC, EFCC
πŸ“ Location: Nigeria
Written By: Famzn News

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EFCCThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that it had arraigned the Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG), Kenneth Kobani.

Also arraigned is a politician from the state identified as Samuel Okposo.

It was gathered that Kobani and Okposo were arraigned on Monday before Justice B. Bilikisu of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, the state capital.


EFCC in a statement on Wednesday indicated that they were brought to court on six counts bordering on money laundering to the tune of N750 million.

The commission stated that Kobani and Okposo were put in the dock for collecting the said amount from the Garrison branch of Fidelity Bank Plc in Port Harcourt.

The money, according to the EFCC, was part of the infamous $115 million Diezani Alison-Madueke loot involving several politicians and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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