EFCC arrests NDDC’s Account Director over N25bn fraud

Eno Ubi Otu, a Director of Finance and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is currently being grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). 

 Daily Trust reported that Otu was arrested by the detectives of the anti-graft agency at about 11:15am in relation to a case of alleged diversion of over N25 billion tax remittances.

 A source at the Commission told the publication that the NDDC official was still with the operatives as at 7:15pm. 

 Otu’s arrest is reportedly part of a larger investigation of the forensic audit report of the NDDC.