Moses Sule, a former speaker of the Plateau House of Assembly, and fourteen other former politicians have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on charges of money laundering and official abuse.  

In a statement released yesterday in Abuja, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale revealed this.  

According to the commission's spokesperson, the suspects were taken into custody on Tuesday by EFCC Makurdi Zonal Directorate agents in response to requests from state residents who were worried.  

According to Oyewale, the former lawmakers were involved in procurement irregularities and allegedly broke the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.

He identified Gwottson Fom, Sani Abubakar, Jwe Gwom, Timothy Dantong, Happiness Akawu, and Cornelius Doeyok as the other lawmakers who were arrested with Sule.  Agbalak Ibrahim, Danjuma Azi, Fwangje Ndat, Salome Waklek, Namba Rimuyat, Nimchak Rims, Ishaku Maren, and Paul Datugun were among the others mentioned by Oyewale.

“Investigation showed that the former legislators spent only six months in office and the state government bought several luxury vehicles for them in their official capacities.

“Investigation further showed that the said vehicles are valued at N2.5 billion.

“Upon leaving office, the vehicles were meant to be returned to the state government but were taken away by the legislators and all efforts to retrieve them have proved abortive.

“The state government had to procure another set of vehicles for the present members of the House of Assembly valued at about N2 billion,” he said.

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