Former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Akwa Ibom State, Uwemedimo Nwoko, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Operatives of the Uyo zonal office of the commission arrested Nwoko over his alleged accomplice in the N1.4bn money laundering charge against Paul Usoro, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Nwoko is said to have been at large for over two years before he was eventually arrested by the anti-graft agency in Uyo, the state capital on Tuesday.
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The former Akwa Ibom State AG is expected to explain his role in the alleged conversion of N1.410bn property of the state government.
The arrest was confirmed by the commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who said that the former AG would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.