Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi, a candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the Kogi State House of Assembly seat, who was arrested in Abuja for allegedly ste@ling N1.4billion from a bank, has been moved to Lagos State.
Atumeyi, who is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 Constituency in the State Assembly, was arrested alongside two others on Sunday, October 30, with N326 million and $140,500 cash.
EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement said Atumeyi and the other suspects were flown into Lagos in the early hours of Wednesday, November 2, in continuation of the investigation into the sc@m.
According to Uwujaren, Atumeyi is billed to be interrogated by another team of operatives at the Lagos Command of the Commission.
Atumeyi and two others, Joshua Dominic and Abdulmalik Salau Femi, a former bank employee, were arrested by the EFCC for allegedly h@cking into the system of a commercial bank and defr@uding the institution of over N1.4billion.