Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Wednesday, questioned and detained former Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswam, over his role in the sharing of the state’s share of the N23 billion, which the former Petroleum Minister, Alison Madueke allegedly doled out as bribe to influence the outcome of the last presidential election.
Suswam, who is facing another set of charges over alleged looting of public funds, arrived at the premises of the EFCC around 10 a.m. the waiting arms of operatives, who immediately took him in to answer questions on the N450 million, which the Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party got as its own share of the election booty.
Sources in the commission said the former governor was detained to enable him to tell operatives all that he knew about the N450 million, which he personally collected from a bank and what he did with the amount.
A top source in EFCC confirmed the detention of the former governor to Vanguard last night and said that there was no likelihood of his being released before the end of the day.
“Ex-governor Suswam, who arrived our premises around 10 am is still being interrogated by our operatives and he will spend the night with us to enable us to get to the roots of how the N450 million was disbursed by him,” the source said.
“In particular, the operatives are keen on knowing who the beneficiaries of the public funds are or whether he used the cash all by himself.”
