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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to arrest six more ex-governors who vacated office on May 29, THE PUNCH has learnt.
A reliable source in the EFCC dropped hints of the arrest on Thursday even as the anti-graft agency arrested and detained the immediate past governors of Ogun, Oyo and Nasarawa states, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala and Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma respectively.
"In the next two or three weeks, I can tell you that at least six more ex-governors, who vacated office in May, will be invited for questioning," the source, a senior official of the agency who wanted anonymity, said.
The source said the trio of Daniel, Alao-Akala and Doma were picked up by operatives of the anti-graft agency "before noon" at different locations. It was learnt that while Daniel was picked up at his Asoludero country home in Sagamu, Ogun State; Alao-Akala was arrested in Ibadan, while Doma was picked up in Abuja.
The Punch gathered that the agency arrested the former governors after the conclusion of investigations into the petitions against them. The three ex-governors were alleged to have diverted and misappropriated a total of N101bn of public funds.
Daniel allegedly misappropriated N58bn; Alao-Akala, N25bn; and Doma, N18bn.