he Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Uyi Igbe, and two other lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, P.M NEWS reports.
According to the report, the two other detained APC lawmakers are the Majority Leader, Hon. Philip Shaibu, (Etsako West Constituency 2) and the Chief Whip, Hon. Folly Ogedegbe (Owan East Constituency).
It was gathered that the trio had last Monday during plenary stated that the anti-graft agency invited them to appear in its Abuja office on Wednesday, 15 October.
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The lawmakers however linked the invitation to the ongoing crisis in the State Assembly, adding that they are being persecuted by the PDP-led federal government.
It would be recalled that Hon. Shaibu had two weeks ago disclosed that he had been compelled to appear before the EFCC 18 times in the recent past.
Though full detail about the detention of the three lawmakers are still being expected, but the House Committee on Information Chairman, Hon. Kabiru Adjoto, and other members of the committee are expected to brief the press soon.
It would be recalled that some hoodlums had on Saturday morning attacked Shaibu, and some APC lawmakers and their families residing at the legislative quarter located along Ihama road, the Edo State House of Assembly in Benin, vandalising property worth millions of naira.
According to reports, the armed hoodlums, numbering over 100, forced their way into the premises at about 6:30am.
Speaker Igbe, Shaibu and other principal officer’s security were said to have been overpowered by firing power of the invading thugs.
Scores of cars belonging to the Majority leader, Phillip Shaibu, Sunday Aghedo, Folly Ogedengbe and Bright Osayande were riddled with bullets in an attack which lasted for about 30 minutes. Moreover, some of the windows of the apartments were shattered and bullet holes were seen on some doors.
The EFCC has not released a statement about the alleged detention as at the time of compiling this report.
The EFCC is a Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes such as advance fee fraud (419 fraud) and money laundering.
The anti graft agency was established in 2003, partially in response to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), which named Nigeria as one of 23 countries non-cooperative in the international community’s efforts to fight money laundering.
The agency has its head office in Abuja
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