Director General of the NIA, Ayodele Oke, had said that the money, valued at N13 billion going by the current official exchange rate, had been released in cash by the CBN in order to maintain the discreet nature of the assignment for which it was approved.
“It is impossible, probably treasonable, that a security agency will be carrying out covert operations without the knowledge of the sitting president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.”
The Rivers State governor insisted that the money should be returned to the Rivers State government within seven days or the state will take the matter to court.
The trial of 23 staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who were accused of collecting a total of N360 million in bribes during the Rivers State re-run election began today at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has been transferred out of the federal capital territory as part of a redeployment exercise initiated by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta.
Six police officers attached to the security team of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have been dismissed for causing chaos during the legislative re-run election in the state on December 10, 2016.
