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EFCC Arrests Senator Sani, Accuses Him Of Extortion, Name Dropping

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A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has been arrested by officials of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged extortion and name dropping. 

The former lawmaker was reportedly arrested on Tuesday afternoon by EFCC operatives and taken to the Commission’s headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, where he would be detained until he is granted bail.

 

Vanguard quoted a source in EFCC as saying Sani was arrested for using the name of the Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, to collect various sums of money from unsuspecting members of the public on the grounds that he was close to Magu and could help them to escape the agency’s scrutiny and punishments for economic and financial infractions. 

 

In one of the cases, it was alleged that Sani collected $10,000 from a popular car dealer in the country with the assurance that he would help persuade the agency from beaming its searchlight on the company’s activities.

 

It was gathered that although the EFCC did not initially want to move against the former lawmaker, his refusal to honour its numerous invitations or pick their calls for an interview, reportedly angered the Commission, which on Tuesday stormed his home and took him away for interrogation. 

 

“The former Senator is with us as we speak and he is going to be with us even up to the New Year and we hope to grill him on various issues of interest to us, “an official of the anti-graft agency said on Tuesday.

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