How EFCC Arrested Kogi Assembly Candidate & Accomplice With Huge Sums Of Money

MICHAEL AKINOLA

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Ismaila Yusuf Atueyi, with N326million and $ 140,500 cash.

Atueyi, who is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly, was arrested on Sunday, October 30, 2022, alongside one Joshua Dominic, an alleged serial fraudster, in a sting operation at Macedonia Street, Queens Estate, Karsana, Gwarinpa, Abuja.

Also arrested in connection with the Fraud was Abdumalik Salau Femi, a former bank employee, who allegedly supplied the inside information that facilitated the attack on the bank by the syndicate.

He was picked up on Tuesday, 1st November, 2022 at Radisson Blu Hotel in Lagos.

Following his arrest, a search was conducted on his home in Morgan Estate, Ojodu area of Lagos, where a total of $470,000 USD was recovered.

The arrest of the suspects followed months of investigation into the hacking of one of the commercial banks by a syndicate of fraudsters, who pulled off a heist of N1.4billion.

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