Due to allegations of N27 billion in fraud, Darius Ishaku, the former governor of Taraba State, has been placed under arrest by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
It was discovered that Ishaku, who resigned from his position as governor of the State in 2023 after serving for eight years, was picked up early on Friday morning at his home in Abuja.
Our correspondent was informed by impeccable sources within the commission that the former governor was under the anti-graft agency’s custody on Friday night when this report was filed.
Ishaku has been charged with at least fifteen counts, according to one of the sources, and he will be arraigned in court as soon as the evidence against him is gathered.
“Yes, he’s in our custody right now. We have been investigating him covertly since he left as the State governor. There a lot of financial malfeasance he perpetrated,” the source told Weekend Trust.
Another source said he was detained after he could not provide satisfactory explanations to financial impropriety that happened under his watch.
When contacted, the spokesman of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to our correspondent but declined further comments.
Ishaku’s arrest is coming on the heels of ongoing face-off between the commission and the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who was said to have stolen N80.2bn.
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