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Politics of Tuesday, 31 December 2019

Source: www.mynigeria.com

EFCC goes after lawmaker, Shehu Sani for extorting $20,000

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Ex- Senator for Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for extorting the sum of $20,000 from the owner of ASD Motors.

MyNigeria gathered that the ex-lawmaker allegedly collected $20,000 (N7.2 million) from ASD Motors due to his close relationship to the EFCC boss.

According to the Nation, the source noted that the lawmaker have been defrauding a lot of people.

“He was subsequently arrested and granted administrative bail while he refunded the money to the victim.

“He was asked to report but made himself incommunicado. He must have been scamming a lot of people, dropping the name of the EFCC boss,” the source said.