The Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have released the former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom after hours in custody.
The former Governor who turned himself in around 10 am at the Zonal Head Office of EFCC in Wadata, Makurdi on Tuesday was released around 7pm.
It was gathered that Ortom is being investigated in connection with financial misappropriation, money laundering, abuse of office and other activities during his 8-year tenure which lasted between 29th May 2015 and 29th May 2023.
In a brief statement made available to the press by his former Special Adviser on Media and ICT, Terver Akase had insisted that the former governor was neither arrested nor detained at the EFCC Zonal Headquarters in Makurdi.
“Contrary to insinuations in some sections of the media, the immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom today visited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to honour the invitation of the commission,” he said.
According to Mr Akase, “the former Governor has repeatedly said that he is available to respond to inquiries by anti-graft agencies as he has nothing to hide regarding his stewardship of Benue State”.
