EFCC Operatives Detain Serving Commissioner For Alleged Money Laundering

Mfon Bassey, a serving commissioner in Cross River State, has been reportedly arrested and detained by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Mr Mfon was whisked away from his residence in Calabar, the state capital on Thursday and has since remained in detention at the EFCC’s Uyo Office.

Sources privy to the arrest, disclosed that the commissioner for environment, was arrested in connection with allegations of fake contracts and forged documents to obtain funds.

A source named Governor Ben Ayade’s younger brother, Frank Ayade in the alleged deal.

It is also alleged that Mfon operated a proxy account with Unity Bank through which he allegedly siphoned public funds. His account officer at the bank was also said to have been apprehended by the anti-graft agency.

According to repot in Nigerian Tribune, sources within the anti-graft agency revealed that the arrest follows the commissioner’s failure to honour the several invitations extended to him by the commission.

As of the time of filing this report, the commissioner was said to have refused to write any statement claiming, claiming that ‘he could not write’.

When contacted, the spokesperson for the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwajaren said that he was working on the report and promised to get back on the matter.