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Nigeria: EFCC Quizzes PDP Deputy Chairman

Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the immediate past Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  Uche Secondus.

He was arrested by operatives of the commission in Abuja on Tuesday.

He was arrested for allegedly receiving 23 choice vehicles from Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria limited, Jide Omokore, a business associate of ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The EFCC had questioned Omokore over alleged corrupt practices in the nation’s oil sector.

The PDP Deputy National Chairman is also being quizzed over the N10 billion given to PDP delegates to the National Convention that picked former President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s candidate.

Written by PH

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