The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, over a shady contract worth N240m awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Etteh, who was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Reps, represented the Ayedaade/Isokan/Irewole Constituency of Osun State from 1999 to 2011.
She later resigned and was replaced by Dimeji Bankole.
It was however gathered that Etteh was arrested by the anti-graft agency after she allegedly received N130m through her personal account from Phil Jin Project Limited, a firm which was awarded a N240m contract by the NDDC in 2011.
It was learnt that the former Speaker was at the Abuja office of the EFCC on Tuesday and had yet to be released.
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Officials of the EFCC disclosed that Etteh had been unable to explain why the firm transferred N130m to her out of the money.
A top EFCC official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “Etteh is currently in our custody. What happened was that in 2011, the NDDC awarded a contract of N240m to Phil Jin Project Limited for the supply of solar-powered street lights in some communities in Akwa Ibom.”
The latest development is barely two days after EFCC arrested the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, over an N80 billion fraud.
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