Maurice Iwu, a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with a N23.29billion poll bribery scandal. The Nation reports that the former INEC chairman allegedly drew up the strategies on how the bribery could be perfected.
According to a source in the EFCC, the anti-graft agency has been on his trail in the last two weeks but he has managed to evade arrest. The source said: “Our operatives are still looking for him. We have put other security agencies on the alert. “He is wanted in connection with the N23.29 poll bribery perpetrated by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.”
The ex-INEC boss was said to have been rewarded handsomely for his role. During investigation, the EFCC discovered that the N23.29billion was shared to electoral officials in all the 36 states, some individuals and Non-Governmental Organisations, which deployed election monitors. There are indications that many INEC officials and ad hoc workers benefitted from the bribe.
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