EFCC to Put Jonathan’s Ex-aide, Others Behind Bars

Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Kingsley Kuku and his two former aides — Lawrence Pepple (Technical Assistant on Reintegration to the Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs) and Henry Nonso Ugbolue (Special Assistant, Media & Communication to the Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs) will be charged today by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), summoned before the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja.

They are to be arraigned on two separate charges, bordering criminal conspiracy, false declaration of assets and fraudulent acquisition of property.

According to reports, Kuku and Ugbolue were alleged to have conspired among themselves and awarded contracts running into millions of naira to companies in which they had interests.