Uche Nnaji, the former Minister of Science and Technology, has reportedly been picked up by security agencies.
According to Premium Times, he was arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, while preparing to board a chartered flight to the nation’s capital, Abuja.
A source disclosed that the Enugu State-born politician was taken into custody on Wednesday at the airport.
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It was further gathered that Nnaji is expected to be handed over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for interrogation.
The anti-graft agency had been on the trail of the former minister since he resigned from office last year, following investigations that revealed he had forged his academic certificates.
Details later.…..