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APC Vows to Drag Bayelsa, Diri to EFCC over 13% Derivation Olusegun Samuel in Yenagoa The All Progressives Congress (APC) has vowed to report the Bayelsa State Government and Governor Douye Diri to Economic

The All Progressives Congress has vowed to report the Bayelsa State Government and Governor Douye Diri to Economic and Financial Crime Commission , in a petition, to explain the spending of N3 billion accrued to each of the eight local government areas of the state from the withheld 13% derivation funds released to oil producing states by President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said the Diri administration had brought suffering to the people of Bayelsa State, saying the APC was focused to recover the mandate given to them during the last governorship election but was upturned by the Supreme Court. “Coming to the state, they got over a N100 billion from that 13% refunds from the record we have seen, meanwhile a month after they got the money, the governor was going to the state Assembly with loan request, why are they collecting loan, when they have over a N100 billion from the Federal Government?

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