EFCC detains Idris Wada former governor of kogi state



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.
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