EFCC Detains Ex Kogi Governor, 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.