Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Nsima Ekere for alleged diversion of funds to the tune of N47 billion through registered contractors of the agency.
Nsima, 56, was the agency’s Managing Director between 2016 and 2018.
The Commission’s spokesperson Wilson Uwajaren who confirmed the arrest said, it is the latest scandal to have been linked to the NDDC after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a forensic audit of the agency in 2019. The audit, which is being reviewed, covered the operations of the organization from 2001 to 2019.
