After a four-hour standoff, speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole was this evening arrested by officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Mr Bankole, whose earlier arrest was foiled last Friday was foiled by the intervention of the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, was accosted at his Asokoro, Abuja home by 8pm Sunday evening and has been taken into EFCC custody.
An official of the commission, who spoke with NEXT on condition of anonymity said the EFCC decided to arrest Mr Bankole this evening because it learnt the man had concluded plans to travel out of the country tomorrow.
The source said the long standoff came to an end after the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS) and the Mr Ringim finally decided to withdraw Mr Bankole's security details.
The outgoing speaker is wanted over alleged financial misdeeds during his reign as speaker of the House which ended last week.
Source: 234Next
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