Patricia Etteh, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, was reportedly arrested and imprisoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
According to Anaedoonline.ng, Etteh, who served as Speaker of the House from June 6, 2007 until October 30, 2007, was detained in Abuja on Tuesday by anti-graft officers.
She’s allegedly involved in a N240 million fraud scheme.
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She is believed to have been questioned by the EFCC’s Special Duty Unit after her detention in connection with receiving a strange N130 million payment from a contractor the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) granted a solar-powered electricity project in Akwa Ibom State.
The said contract was awarded to a certain Phin Jin Project Limited in 2011 for N240 million but N130 million was transferred to Mrs Etteh from the mobilization fee paid to the contractor.
A source in the EFCC familiar with the matter was quoted to have said: “The payment of that huge amount to her is suspicious. She is claiming the contractor repaid a debt due to her but that is doubtful. So her claims are being scrutinised.
“They even overpaid for the contract. Instead of N240 million, they paid N287 million. These are knotty issues she and the contractor need to explain and that is why she is being interrogated by operatives.”
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Etteh’s arrest comes just a few hours after the EFCC confirmed the arrest of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed over an N80 billion fraud case.
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