EFCC Arrests Bayelsa Ex Governor Sylva’s Spokesman For Contract Scam

An All Progressives Congress stalwart, Mr. Miebi Bribena has been reportedly arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged contract scam at the Presidential Amnesty

 Programme.It was learnt that Bribena, spokesman for former Governor Timipre Sylva on Social Media, was said to be a major beneficiary of the PAP Amnesty  was arrested early hour of today by
operatives of the anti-graft agency.He was said to be taken to the agency’s headquarters in Wuse in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, where he was quizzed for several hours. ​He was still being detained at the EFCC office at the time of filling this report. It was learnt that Bribena was being interrogated over allegations that he absconded after collecting huge mobilization fees from the Amnesty office without executing the contract for which the money was paid for.Bribena was said to be arrested for collecting about 95 per cent of the contract sum but there was nothing on the ground as structures to justify the amount collected and he was accordingly apprehended to account for his action.While commenting on Bribena’s arrest, the Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, in a statement in Yenagoa on Wednesday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his courage to go after criminal elements within his party, the APC.He urged  him to do more as he said there were others like Bribena parading themselves on the streets of Yenagoa.
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