The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has picked up controversial former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh over allegations of fraud involving a Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contract.
Etteh was arrested on Tuesday by the anti-graft agency in Abuja and taken into custody for questioning.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that Etteh was elected Speaker in 2007 but resigned only after a few months amid allegations of financial misappropriation.
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She is the only woman in the country’s history to have been elected Speaker.
On Monday, the EFCC had also arrested the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris over an N80 billion fraud.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Social media sphere was ablaze with reactions as the EFCC detained Nigeria’s Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris for an alleged ₦80,000,000,000 (eighty billion naira) fraud that involves the loss of some funds that were unaccounted for.
EFCC Head of Media, Wilson Uwujaren made this announcement in a statement on Monday.
The spokesman said EFCC operatives took Idris into custody for alleged massive fraud. The top official is accused of diversion of funds and money laundering to the tune of ₦80billion.
Uwujaren noted that the commission acted on verified intelligence against Idris.
He is said to have ‘raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies, family members and close associates’.
The funds were laundered through real estate investments in Kano and Abuja, the EFCC added.
Idris was nabbed after failing to honour invitations to respond to issues connected to the alleged fraudulent acts.
Idris had been on the radar of the anti-graft agency for some time.
Many Nigerians took to social media to decry the lootings while calling for their prosecution if found culpable.