EFCC grills NDDC’s Account Director over corruption

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the Director, Finance and Account of the Niger Delta Growth Fee (NDDC), Eno Otu, over corruption allegations.

In line with sources on the EFCC, Mr Otu is at the moment being grilled by operatives of the in relation to a case of alleged diversion of over N25 billion tax remittances.

The suspect who arrived on the fee within the early hours of Wednesday, 24 August was nonetheless being interrogated as of press time.

A supply disclosed that the arrest was half of a bigger investigation of the forensic audit report of the NDDC.

The spokesperson for the fee, Wilson Uwujaren, couldn’t be reached for affirmation.

He didn’t reply cellphone calls and textual content messages despatched to his recognized cellphone quantity.

The EFCC had in Might of this 12 months detained a former Managing Director of the NDDC, Nsima Ekere, over corruption allegations.

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Sources with direct information of the case informed PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Ekere, who served because the managing director and chief government officer of the NDDC between 2017 and 2018, is being investigated over allegations of contract inflation and award of fictitious contracts throughout his time in workplace.

Mr Ekere, who allegedly dedicated the offences ranging from 2017, in line with sources, allegedly laundered funds from NDDC accounts by contractors to purchase alternative properties in Lagos.