Immediate past governor of Bayelsa State and Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly, Senator Seriake Dickson, is being quizzed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives in Abuja.
Dickson presented himself to EFCC office in Jabi, Abuja on Tuesday morning, following an invitation.
Freedom Online learned that the former governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is being questioned over assets declaration, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds during his eight-year rule of the South-South state between 2012 and 2020.
A PDP member in Bayelsa State, Perekeme Kpodoh, had accused the former governor of mismanaging over N1 trillion which accrued to the state between 2012 and 2019.
Also, a former Commissioner for Lands and Survey under Dickson’s administration, Furoebi Akene, had accused the senator of accumulating external debts estimated at $32,064,672.74 and a N100 billion domestic debt while in office.
Dickson denied both allegations.
The anti-graft agency had in January arraigned, Embelekpo Apere, a former Senior Special Assistant on Millennium Development Goals to the former governor before the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
Apere, was arraigned alongside Rollins Amacree, Clever Loveday and a company, Oriazy Global Link Ltd., before Justice Jane E. Inyang on 10-count bordering on alleged conspiracy and procurement fraud to the tune of N864m.
When contacted, EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, simply said: “Yes. The former governor is with us”.
