The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Mr. Sylvester Ezeani following his reported receipt of N20m during the presidential and National Assembly elections.
Ezeani served as the resident electoral commissioner in Abia state and has been accused of receiving fund from the former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Ezeani is one of several persons interrogated by the EFCC for receiving funds from the former minister.
The fund was allegedly meant to facilitate the reelection of Goodluck Jonathan as president.
An EFCC source confirmed that Ezeani was apprehended on Tuesday, July 19.
The source: “The REC was on Tuesday interrogated by operatives of the EFCC in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in connection with an alleged N20million electoral scam.
“While serving in Cross River State, he was alleged to have collected the sum of N20m out of the entire N241,000,000 which was released to Cross River State from the controversial $115million lodged with (bank name withheld), by Diezani. Ezeani, who has now been redeployed in Abia State, was quizzed over his involvement in the scam. He is still in custody.”