Mr. Miebi Bribena, a chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State, has
been reportedly arrested by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission over
alleged contract scam at the Presidential
Amnesty Programme.
Bribena, said to be a major beneficiary of
the PAP Amnesty, was arrested early on
Wednesday by operatives of the anti-graft
agency.
He was said to have be taken to the
agency’s headquarters in Wuse in the
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, where he
was quizzed for several hours.
He was still being detained at the EFCC
office as of the time of this report.
It was learnt that Bribena was being
interrogated over allegations that he
absconded after collecting huge
mobilisation fees from the Amnesty office
without executing the contract for which he
was paid.
Bribena was said to have collected about 95
per cent of the contract sum but that
nothing was on the ground to justify the
amount collected.
The Director, Media and Publicity, Sylva-
Igiri Campaign Organisation, Chief Nathan
Egba, while reacting to Bribena’s arrest,
said he had not been fully briefed on the
matter.
He, however, clarified that Bribena was not
a spokesman for Sylva but a member of the
APC.
“If the arrest is true, it means that
Muhammadu Buhari is a President who
does not shield anybody from corruption,
irrespective of whether you are an APC
member or not.
However, I have not been fully briefed on
the matter,” he said.
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