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EFCC Arrests Commissioner in Cross River Over Alleged Money Laundering
By Dayo Badmus
The Cross River State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Mfon Bassey, was on Thursday, 7 January, 2021 arrested by men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged money laundering.
Mr Mfon was arrested at his residence in Calabar and has since remained in detention at the EFCC’s Uyo Office.
The commissioner was arrested in connection with allegations of fake contracts and forged documents to obtain funds .
According to reports, the arrest became pertinent after the commissioner had allegedly refused to honour several invitations extended to him by the commission.
It is also alleged that Mfon operated a proxy account with a 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.
The commissioner was said to have allegedly refused to write any statement.
