ICPC intercepts N2 million being ferried to politician, arrests suspect
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The suspect was arrested on Friday by the Troops of 33 Artillery Brigade Operation Safe Conduct deployed to Alkaleri in Bauchi State and handed over to the Bauchi State Office of the anti-graft agency.
The funds, which were packed in a “Ghana Must Go” bag, comprise six bundles of one thousand naira new notes of N600,000; six bundles of five hundred naira new notes of N300,000, and old two hundred naira notes of N1.1 million.”
“The suspect has confessed that the funds were being moved to Gombe State for a politician. Further investigation by the Commission is ongoing,” the ICPC said.
The arrest is coming few hours the sum of $500,000 was seized from a politician in Rivers State and another N32.4 million intercepted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos.
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