Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Ogbonnaya Francis Nwaifuru has been arrested by the EFCC after failing to honor the agency’s invitation on two different occasions.
According to Premium Times, Mr. Nwaifuru was picked up at about 11a.m. Friday at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, by operatives of the commission.
The EFCC said Mr. Nwaifuru was first invited on October 20, 2015 to appear before the Enugu zonal office of the commission but did not respond to the invitation. A reminder letter was sent to him on November 19, 2015, which he also failed to respond to.
The lawmaker who is representing Izzi West state constituency in the Ebonyi State Assembly, allegedly diverted and misappropriated N60 million constituency project fund before his emergence as speaker.
As at the writing of this report, the speaker was still being grilled by operatives of the commission.
As speaker, Mr. Nwaifuru has no constitutional immunity against prosecution under the Nigerian Constitution.
