The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) has arrested a former Speaker of Plateau State Home of Meeting, Moses Sule, alongside 14 former lawmakers over allegations of cash laundering and abuse of workplace.
EFCC Spokesperson Dele Oyewale disclosed this in an announcement on Wednesday in Abuja.
The fee’s spokesman mentioned the suspects had been arrested by operatives of the EFCC’s Makurdi Zonal Directorate on Tuesday, following petitions from involved residents within the state.
Oyewale defined that the previous legislators allegedly violated the provisions of the Cash Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and had been additionally implicated in procurement irregularities.
He defined that different lawmakers arrested alongside Sule included Gwottson Fom, Sani Abubakar, Jwe Gwom, Timothy Dantong, Happiness Akawu, and Cornelius Doeyok.
Oyewale listed others to incorporate Agbalak Ibrahim, Danjuma Azi, Fwangje Ndat, Salome Waklet, Namba Rimuyat, Nimchak Rims, Ishaku Maren and Paul Datugun.
“Investigation confirmed that the previous legislators spent solely six months in workplace, and the state authorities purchased a number of luxurious automobiles for them of their official capacities.
“Investigation additional confirmed that the mentioned automobiles are valued at N2.5 billion.
“Upon leaving workplace, the automobiles had been meant to be returned to the state authorities however had been taken away by the legislators, and all efforts to retrieve them have proved abortive.
“The state authorities needed to procure one other set of automobiles for the current members of the Home of Meeting valued at about N2 billion,” he mentioned.
Oyewale mentioned the suspects could be charged in court docket upon the conclusion of investigations.
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