News; EFCC freezes N3Billion account belonging to Government Ekemupolo.

An account claimed by the EFCC as one of the accounts belonging to the wanted ex-militant, Government Ekemupolo popularly known as Tompolo has been frozen by the anti-graft agency.

The anti-graft agency found N3bn in the account and had frozen it pending outcome of court processes. An operative of the anti-graft agency, who spoke to Punch on condition of anonymity, said: “During investigations into the fraud at NIMASA (Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency), we traced about N3bn to a bank account, which is owned by Tompolo.

The EFCC claimed to have frozen Tompolo account’s in accordance with Section 34 (1) of the EFCC Act 2004 which empowers the commission to freeze any account suspected of being used for financial crimes.” Tompolo, who has been on the run since February, was arraigned in absentia with the ex-DG of NIMASA, Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, and the latter’s six brothers on April 18, 2016, for N47.7bn fraud.”