A
former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, was
on Thursday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
over his role in the Australian polymer banknotes bribery scam which
occurred between 2006 and 2008 when he was in office.
The PUNCH was informed by sources
in the commission that Soludo arrived the EFCC Headquarters about 2pm
from his Abuja residence and immediately faced a team of operatives who
quizzed him for several hours to ascertain his level of complicity in
the scandal.
It was learnt that the decision to look
into the polymer deal was followed a petition by Human and
Environmental Development Agenda.
According to the chairman of HEDA, Mr.
Olanrewaju Suraju, the group’s petition had demanded the investigation
and possible prosecution of those involved in the alleged contract scam.
The petition had demanded that both the
EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences
Commission pursue the investigation and prosecution as provided by laws
establishing both anti-graft agencies.
Sources also indicated that other top
management staff of CBN, who had worked with Soludo, were also picked
and currently being held alongside other ex-staff of the Nigerian
Security Printing and Minting Company.
However, all efforts to get the
identities of other detained suspects proved abortive, as no one was
ready to volunteer information.
PUNCH
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