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Fresh trouble as EFCC arrests Edo ex-governor, Igbinedion over N1.6 billion fraud

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Fourteen years after he left office as governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged criminal diversion of public funds to the tune of N1.6 billion.

He was picked up in Abuja where he has been residing and was detained at the headquarters of EFCC, CAPITAL POST has learnt.

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He reportedly arrived at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency around 2 p.m. and was being interrogated immediately.

Scanty information about his ordeal indicated that he got a loan in Edo State government, but diverted it to his personal company.

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Igbinedion had been prosecuted and convicted in 2008 for embezzling the sum of N2. 9 billion belonging to Edo State government by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

He was sentenced to six months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a one-count charge which was pruned from 191 charges.

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The judge, Abdu Kafarati, now deceased also ordered the forfeiture of the N500 million, and three properties, including one in Abuja, seized from him.

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