Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, arrested the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nsima Ekere for an alleged diversion of funds to the tune of N47 billion through registered contractors of the agency.
The Commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwajaren, confirmed the development to Channels Television.
Ekere, a politician from Akwa Ibom State, was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to head the NDDC in 2016.
He resigned in 2019 to pursue his ambition as a governorship candidate of the APC in his state, Akwa Ibom state where he lost to the incumbent, Udom Emmanuel of the PDP.
