Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye, has reportedly been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Oronsaye was apprehended by the anti-graft agency on Tuesday evening, Vanguard reports.
According to the report, the former head of civil servants in Nigeria was nabbed in connection with corruption and obtaining money by false pretence allegations.
“What we are doing now is simply dotting the ‘I’ and crossing the ‘t’. Investigation is almost concluded and the suspect will be charged to court any time from now,” a source familiar with the case was quoted by Vanguard.
It would be recalled that Oronsaye is already being prosecuted by the EFCC on 24 counts of money laundering before a Federal High Court, Abuja.
He was alleged to have abused his position as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force to obtain the sum of N240million from the Central Bank of Nigeria under the guise of assistance to the Committee without the knowledge of other committee members and proceeded to convert the said sum to his personal use.
