Mr Al-Makura and his wife were arrested by the anti-graft agency, EFCC, on Wednesday.
A worrying pattern of suspicious structured transactions that suggest money laundering may have caused troubles for theMr Al-Makura and his wife were arrested by the anti-graft agency, EFCC, on Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. The agency has not disclosed the details of the allegations that led to the arrest of the couple who were still being interrogated at the time of this report.
In one of the accounts, less than $250 was lodged there in the two years preceding his assumption of office, sources said, adding that soon after he became governor, huge deposits started flowing in an apparently structured pattern. “The transactions raised suspicion of money laundering or routing of proceeds of corruption,” one source said.
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