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EFCC unfreezes Benue State accounts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has unfrozen the bank accounts of the Benue State government.
This was confirmed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom, Mr Terver Akase, on Thursday.
It would be recalled that the EFCC had frozen the accounts of the state government in three banks on Tuesday, on the premise that it was investigating the state’s security votes.
Read also: Akpabio lied, he’s not cleared yet —EFCC
The action of the anti-graft agency did not go down well with most commentators, the action was believed to have been taken because of the defection of the state governor from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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