The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) continues its hardline approach as the government agency has published the name and photos of a politician's aide accused of offering an EFCC official a N10 Million bribe.
Abnedgo Don-Evarada the former Senior Special Assistant on Media to Bayelsa State Governor Henry Dickson, was arrested on Monday in Port- Harcourt, the Rivers State capital for offering a N10 million bribe to the EFCC’s Zonal Head in the state.
Below is EFCC’s official statement;
"Don-Evarada ran into trouble when he approached Salihu, over a case involving the Senior Special Assistant to the Bayelsa’s state governor on Millennium Development Goals, Apere Embelakpo and his wife, Fiene Beauty.
Embelakpo is being investigated for alleged diversion of N800 million being funds meant for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) while his wife is being investigated for alleged money laundering, forgery and suspicious transactions to the tune of N200 million.
Don-Evarada offered the bribe ostensibly to compromise the EFCC investigation but his overture was turned down and he was arrested.
He is being kept in the custody of the EFCC and would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded, the EFCC stated."