Why Shehu Sani Was Arrested, By EFCC.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of the former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani.
“He is now being quizzed in our Jabi headquarters in Abuja,” a source told P.M News on Tuesday.
According to the source, Sani collected money from the Chairman and CEO of ASD Motors, Sani Dauda, under the pretence of passing it as bribe to EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu.
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Dauda was a former chairman of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited (PAN). His ASD Motors is a major car dealer in Abuja.
P.M News could not confirm the amount he collected. But some reports said it was $20,000.
“The case has been on for some time. He was granted administrative bail and told to report weekly. But he breached the terms of the bail. Hence his arrest today,” the EFCC source said.
Sani, a human rights activist, was elected senator in 2015 under the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform. When he could not get the party’s ticket in 2019, he ran on the ticket of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) but lost to Uba Sani of the APC.
He has been a trenchant critic of the APC government, both in Kaduna and Abuja, since then.
Some of the offences the EFCC may slam the senator with are extortion, name dropping, and financial crimes.
Sani is expected to spend the New Year in EFCC’s custody as the complainant is expected to take up issues with him on Thursday, January 2, 2020.
Besides this, EFCC operators are reportedly quizzing him over the allegations of scamming some other people and allegedly dropping the name of the EFCC boss before suspects who have cases with the commission,” a top official said on Tuesday night in Abuja.
EFCC detains Shehu Sani for alleged extortion.
● P.M News
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