Former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He was picked on Friday at his Abuja residence over alleged N27bn fraud, ROYAL NEWS reports.
The 70-year-old Ishaku left as governor of the State in 2023 after spending 8 years in office.
Impeccable sources within the commission confided in our correspondent that the former governor was still in the anti-graft agency’s custody as at when filing this report Friday night.
One of the sources revealed that at least 15-count charges have been filed against Ishaku and he would be arraigned in court soon as evidence against him have been compiled.
“Yes, he’s in our custody right now. We have been investigating him covertly since he left as the State governor. There a lot of financial malfeasance he perpetrated.”
Another source said he was detained after he could not provide satisfactory explanations to financial impropriety that happened under his watch.
When contacted, the spokesman of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to our correspondent but declined further comments.
Ishaku’s arrest is coming on the heels of ongoing face-off between the commission and the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who was said to have stolen N80.2bn.
