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Mar 11th

Ex-Nigerian state governor arrested over alleged misappropriation

About a week after a court ordered his removal from office because he was not duly elected, former governor Olusegun Agagu of Nigeria's South-west Ondo state has been arrested for allegedly misappropriating 25 billion naira while in office.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the former governor, according to the commission's spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi.

The money was said to have been misappropriated from the Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC) funds.

Prior to his removal from office, Agagu could not be arrested because he enjoyed constitutional immunity.
 
Abuja - 04/03/2009

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