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Fresh $72.87 million traced to Diezani in Fidelity bank account, arrest former MD – EFCC.

Fresh $72.87 million traced to Diezani in Fidelity bank account, arrest former MD – EFCC.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed it has discovered $72.87 million linked to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

According to Daily Trust, this was made known by the EFCC while confirming the arrest of the former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo.

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According to reports, the agency had detained Okonkwo, who was the head of the bank at the time Madueke was a minister.

Madueke was one of the most influential government officials under the administration of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The ex-petroleum minister can be said to be one of the most corrupt politicians in Nigeria with numerous corruption allegations against her.

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Several properties, millions of dollars in cash and millions of dollars in luxury pieces of jewellery acquired illegally by Madueke has been confiscated by the anti-graft agency but it appears the looting knows no bounds.

In a statement on Wednesday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, said, “As part of the ongoing investigations into the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo, allegedly over an additional $72, 870,000million still in the coffers of the bank,” the statement reads.

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“Okonkwo, who is currently the Chairman of First Bank Holding, alongside others, had earlier been grilled over a sum of $153million and $115million by the Commission.

“While all the $153 million was recovered by the EFCC, the cases involving $115million, as it relates with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, bribery matter, are in various courts.

“Okonkwo and Charles Onyedibe are currently being detained by the EFCC over the whereabouts of the new $72.8m.”