EFCC Arrests Jide Omokore, Former NNPC GMD

Former NNPC GMD, Jide Omokore

The former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Yakubu Andrew has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He is expected to be arraigned at a Federal High Court on four counts of money laundering alongside another former oil tycoon Jide Omokore, Victor Briggs, Abiye Membere and David Mbanefo.

Sources say that Jide Omokore was allegedly involved in several deals with former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison Madueke.