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Sen. Shehu Sani Arrested For Alleged Extortion

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly arrested Sen. Shehu Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly between 2015 and 2019.

Sani was arrested for alleged extortion of $20,000 (N7.2 million) from the owner of ASD Motors, The Nation is reporting.

The newspaper quoted a source as saying, “He was said to have collected the $20,000 from the owner of ASD Motors on the grounds that he is very close to the EFCC boss.

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“He was subsequently arrested and granted administrative bail while he refunded the money to the victim.

“He was asked to report but made himself incommunicado. He must have been scamming a lot of people, dropping the name of the EFCC boss”, the newspaper reports.

It was not however clear when he was arrested, granted bail and made to refund the said money.

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