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EFCC Arrests Man over Suspected Currency Racketeering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Ekene Ibegbu for his alleged involvement in a racketeering scheme totalling over N1.5 million.

The anti-graft agency spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

Ibegbu was apprehended by the Special Task Force of the Commission stationed at the Enugu Command on Thursday along the Owerri-Enugu Road.

Oyewale said the arrest was a sequel to actionable intelligence about his suspected involvement in currency racketeering.

“He would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded,” he said.

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