Former TARABA State Governor Darius Ishaku has been arrested by the Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over N27bn fraud.
It was gathered that Ishaku, the ex governor of the State who left office in 2023 after spending 8 years, was picked up at his Abuja residence in the early hours of Friday.
Credible sources within the commission said that the former governor was still in the anti-graft agency’s facility as at the time of filing this report on Friday night.
One of the sources revealed that at least 15-count charges have been filed against Ishaku and he would be arraigned in court soon as evidence against him have been compiled.
“Yes, he’s in our custody right now. We have been investigating him covertly since he left as the State governor. There a lot of financial malfeasance he perpetrated,” the source told Weekend Trust.
Another source said he was detained after he could not provide satisfactory explanations to financial impropriety that happened under his watch.
When contacted, the spokesman of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to our correspondent but declined further comments.