Security operatives have arrested former chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Maurice Iwu.
Family sources said Iwu was arrested in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Sunday
and whisked away to Lagos.
The source said the security operatives came from Port Harcourt and linked up
with the Imo State Commissioner of Police, who telephoned Prof Iwu and invited
him to Owerri.
When Iwu came for the meeting, he was whisked away by security operatives and
taken to the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in
Lagos.
It was gathered that in Lagos, Prof Iwu was interrogated, release and asked to
report back today.
On reporting today at the EFCC office in Lagos, Iwu was taken into custody, with
his phones impounded and switched off. He is yet to be released.
When the spokesman of the EFCC, Mr Tony Orilade, was contacted on the
development, he denied the story.