People's Democratic Party chieftain, Idris Wada has been whisked away by investigators after being allegedly linked with slush funds.
Idris Wada
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada.
The anti-graft agency traced N500m to the former governor’s account on Monday.
The money, it is understood, was said to be part of the N23bn allegedly disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, through the then Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation , Senator Nenadi Usman.
He arrived the EFCC office around 12pm and was still in custody around 9 pm.