A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EF...
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He was questioned on Monday, October 24, over suspected multiple criminal breaches while he held sway as FCT Minister between 2011 and 2015,.
EFCC detains Bala Mohammed Mohammed was said to have reported at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja around 10.30am.
EFCC The former minister was questioned extensively in connection with questionable schemes and projects undertaken by him while in office.
According to sources, his detention and interrogation followed series of petitions filed against him by individuals and group since 2013.
A top EFCC source who pleaded anonymity disclosed that Mohammed was confronted with evidence of sleaze by operatives of the anti-graft agency and demanded answers from him.
The anti-corruption war by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has seen dozens of Goodluck Jonathan’s aides and associates arrested for corruption. Jonathan’s former spokesperson, Reuben Abati, was arrested today and is being interrogated for supposedly receiving some money from former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki.
A former minister of state for defence Musiliu Obanikoro has been in EFCC custody since last week Monday when he surrendered himself voluntarily. Also, Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Jonathan campaign spokesman, was rearrested on October 21 and is still with the agency.
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