Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wednesday, froze “all bank accounts” owned by Akwa Ibom State, according to the State’s Commissioner for Information.
The Commissioner, Mr. Charles Udoh, said state authorities only learnt of the development today, and there were no prior indications from the anti-graft agency.
A spokesperson for the EFCC did not immediately return PREMIUM TIMES phone calls and text messages seeking comments.
Mr. Udoh said more information would be provided to Nigerians about the development shortly.
This came a day after Benue State Governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom raised an alarm that the EFCC has frozen the state’s bank accounts, trapping workers and pensioners’ salaries in a state beset by hardship following months of deadly attacks by suspected herdsmen.