– An Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), official is in trouble over a bribe
– The deputy director of INEC in Akwa Ibom is set to be arraigned by the EFCC
– Mr Waribo allegedly collected N16 million from the N23 billion slush fund
Gogo Anderson Waribo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has concluded arrangements to prosecute Gogo Anderson Waribo for taking a N16 million bribe.
Waribo is the deputy director of INEC in Akwa Ibom state, and former electoral officer in Rivers state.
According to Premium Times, he allegedly collected N16 million from the N23 billion slush fund linked to former petroleum minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, during the 2015 general election.
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He reportedly collected the money with the aim of influencing the outcome of the 2015 election.
EFCC operatives arrested him after receiving a report that some INEC officers conspired with some staff of Fidelity Bank to defraud the federal government of several millions of naira.
Wilson Uwujaren. the EFCC spokesperson revealed the charges against him on Tuesday, February 21, 2017.
Mr Waribo has however denied the allegations. Yet the EFCC spokesman says that investigation revealed that the INEC Deputy Director’s name was on the list of the bribe takers.
Also, it was revealed that he received N16 million through his First Bank account on March 27, 2015 and gave N5 million to Peter Popnen, an ex- INEC official.
Meanwhile, the AGF, Ahmed Idris has been summoned by the joint committee on foreign affairs to explain why N500 million was allegedly not released to Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC).
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