The Clerk of the Benue State House of Assembly, Torese
Agena, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
over an alleged case of fraud, stealing and misappropriation of public funds to
the tune of over N220,000,000 (Two Hundred and Twenty Million Naira).
The Clerk was detained after the
anti-graft agency secured a valid remand warrant obtained from the Federal High
Court, Makurdi. According to the commission, he would be charged to court as
soon as investigation is completed.
Also, his wife, Agena Terngu and her two daughters,
Terfa- Mamadu Ngweavese and Agena Suur created a scene on Friday, January 17,
2020, at the Makurdi Zonal office of the Commission, attacking some officers
within the Commission’s premises.
According to the commission, they
came on a visit and ended up assaulting two mobile police officers on duty and
giving the third, a human bite on his left arm. They later tried to run down
another with their car while trying to escape.
They were however handed over to the police for onward
prosecution while the Clerk of the State House of Assembly will be arraigned as
soon as investigation is concluded.
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