New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate for the Kogi State House of Assembly seat, Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi, has been arrested for allegedly stealing N1.4 billion from a bank.
Atumeyi who was arrested in Abuja alongside two others on Sunday, October 30, 2022 with N326 million and $140,500 cash has been moved to Lagos State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
EFCC in a statement by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said; “Atumeyi and the other suspects were flown into Lagos in the early hours of Wednesday, November 2, in continuation of the investigation into the scam.”
“Atumeyi is billed to be interrogated by another team of operatives at the Lagos Command of the Commission.”
“Atumeyi and two others, Joshua Dominic and Abdulmalik Salau Femi, a former bank employee, were arrested by the EFCC for allegedly hacking into the system of a commercial bank and defrauding the institution of over N1.4 billion.”
It is interesting to know that Atumeyi is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 Constituency in the Kogi State Assembly.
