The New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, candidate for the Kogi State House of Assembly, Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi, who was arrested by the EFCC in Abuja for a mega bank fraud, has been moved to Lagos.
Atumeyi was arrested on Sunday alongside one Joshua Dominic, an alleged serial fraudster, in a sting operation at Queens Estate, Karsana, Gwarinpa, Abuja.
EFCC said the NNPP candidate was arrested with N326 million and $140,500 cash.
The anti-graft agency alleged that the politician and his syndicate were involved in the hacking of one of the commercial banks in which N1.4 billion was stolen.
EFCC in a statement said the politician cum cyber-fraud suspect was flown into Lagos in the early hours of Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in continuation of the investigation into the scam.
He is billed to be interrogated by another team of operatives at the Lagos Command of the Commission
