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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has uncovered an additional $72.87 million linked to former petroleum minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in Abuja on Wednesday that Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, a former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, has been arrested in connection with the money.<\/p>\n

Uwujaren said that the money was lodged in the coffers of the bank.<\/p>\n

According to him, Okonkwo\u2019s arrest was part of ongoing investigations on the former minister.<\/p>\n

He explained that Okonkwo, who is presently the Chairman of First Bank Holding, alongside others, had earlier been grilled over $115 million and $153 million by the commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile all the $153 million were recovered by the EFCC, the cases involving $115 million, as it relates with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) bribery matter, are in various courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkonkwo and Charles Onyedibe are currently being detained by the EFCC over the whereabouts of the new $72.87 million,\u201d Uwujaren added.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has uncovered an additional $72.87 million linked to former petroleum minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke. The spokesperson for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in Abuja on Wednesday that Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, a former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, has been arrested in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15,28,26],"tags":[1570,2140,6014,68,4766,254],"class_list":["post-55481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-diezani","tag-efcc","tag-fidelity-bank","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nDiezani: EFCC uncovers additional $72.87m in Fidelity Bank - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has uncovered an additional $72.87 million linked to for ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/diezani-efcc-uncovers-additional-72-87m-in-fidelity-bank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diezani: EFCC uncovers additional $72.87m in Fidelity Bank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has uncovered an additional $72.87 million linked to for ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/diezani-efcc-uncovers-additional-72-87m-in-fidelity-bank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-16T15:27:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/img-61bb54fca4c6b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/diezani-efcc-uncovers-additional-72-87m-in-fidelity-bank#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/diezani-efcc-uncovers-additional-72-87m-in-fidelity-bank\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Diezani: EFCC uncovers additional $72.87m in Fidelity Bank\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-16T15:27:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/diezani-efcc-uncovers-additional-72-87m-in-fidelity-bank\"},\"wordCount\":178,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/diezani-efcc-uncovers-additional-72-87m-in-fidelity-bank#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/img-61bb54fca4c6b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Diezani\",\"EFCC\",\"Fidelity Bank\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/diezani-efcc-uncovers-additional-72-87m-in-fidelity-bank#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/diezani-efcc-uncovers-additional-72-87m-in-fidelity-bank\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/diezani-efcc-uncovers-additional-72-87m-in-fidelity-bank\",\"name\":\"Diezani: EFCC uncovers additional $72.87m in Fidelity Bank - 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