The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday said it arrested the Clerk of the Benue State House of Assembly, Torese Agena, over alleged N220 million fraud.
The Publicity Head of the anti-graft agency in Benue State, Nwanyinma Okeanu, who disclosed this in a press statement made available to our correspondent in Makurdi, said the commission also handed-over the suspect’s wife and two daughters to the police for invading the commission and assaulting the security operatives on duty.
Meanwhile, the commission said that family members of the clerk on Friday stormed it’s office and molested staff of the commission. “He invited his wife and children to the EFCC’s zonal office in Makurdi where he is being held. The wife, Mrs. Agena Terngu, and her daughters, Terfa – Mamadu Ngweavese and Agena Suur assaulted two mobile policemen on duty and bite the third policeman on his left arm. They also tried to run over another with their car while trying to escape.
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