Operatives na Hukumar Yaki da Yiwa Tattalin Arziki Ta’annati (EFCC) sun kama tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Delta, Ifeanyi Okowa, kan zargin da’awa da kudade N1.3 triliyan daga asusun raba 13% na tarayya tsakanin shekarar 2015 zuwa 2023.
Okowa an kama shi a Port Harcourt, Jihar Rivers, lokacin da ya je ofishin EFCC a yankin, a biyan gayyatar da masu bincike suka yi masa.
An zarge shi da kasa yin asusun kudaden da kuma kudin naira biliyan 40 da ya ce ya amfani dashi wajen sayen hannun jari a UTM Floating Liquefied Natural Gas.
Kudin da aka zarge shi da amfani dashi ya hada da sayen hannun jari na naira biliyan 40 a daya daga manyan bankunan kasar, wanda ya wakilci 8% na hannun jari don taimakawa wajen kaddamar da offshore LNG.
Masu bincike suna binciken kuma zargin da’awa da kudade ta tsohon gwamnan don siyan gidaje a Abuja da Asaba, babban birnin Jihar Delta.
Okowa yanzu ana kiyaye shi a wurin kiyayen EFCC a Port Harcourt. Wakilin EFCC, Dele Oyewale, ya tabbatar da kama shi amma ya ki bayyana mafi yawa game da harkar.