EFCC Arrests Ortom's Campaign DG With N100,000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council, Cletus Tyokyar.

Tyokar was said to have been arrested for being in possession of some amount of money early hours of Saturday.

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, while confirming the development, said the party's campaign DG was arrested within the local government.

Ortom accused the anti-graft agency of becoming an agent of destabilisation, stating that what was found on him was a pantry sum of N100,000.

“This is a shame, the EFCC officials this morning in Guma here arrested our DG campaign because they found just N100,000 on him.

“EFCC is becoming an agent of destabilisation. Why should they pick somebody because of N100,000? 

Ortom, who spoke to journalists after casting his vote at his polling unit R16 within the premises of Government Science and Technical College, Gbanjimba, headquarters of the Guma local government area, lamented that the whole council ward had to be transferred to polling units in the area as a result of insecurity in other areas of the state.