EFCC Declares Abia Businessman, Emeka Ufomba, Wanted Over Diversion of Public Funds - Thepodiummedia

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared 49-year-old Emeka Ufomba wanted for his alleged role in the diversion of Abia State government funds, alongside other financial crimes.

In a notice signed by Dele Oyewale, the Commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, and published on its official Facebook page, the EFCC accused Ufomba of involvement in criminal conspiracy, diversion of public funds, stealing, and money laundering.

He was last traced to 13 Unity Drive, Eneka Paradise Estate, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The Commission urged anyone with information on Ufomba’s whereabouts to contact its offices nationwide, send details to info@efcc.gov.ng, call 08093322644, or report to the nearest police station or security agency.

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The case forms part of an expanding EFCC probe into alleged large-scale diversion of Abia State’s finances.

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While the agency has yet to release specific details of Ufomba’s alleged transactions, his declaration follows a pattern of recent actions targeting former officials and associates of the Abia State government.

Just days earlier, the EFCC also declared two Abia indigenes, Christopher Enweremadu and Fortune Ozoemela, wanted on similar charges.

Enweremadu, a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters under ex-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, is under investigation over the handling of allocations to the state’s 17 local government councils between 2019 and 2023.

In December 2024, a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja authorised the EFCC to probe those allocations, acting on an ex parte application by an activist who alleged that billions of naira meant for local governments were siphoned off.

The court also ordered the seizure of international passports belonging to Enweremadu, former Ikpeazu aide, Erondu Uchenna Erondu, and Deaconess Joy Nwanju, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters.

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The latest EFCC notice against Ufomba underscores how deeply the anti-graft agency is pursuing allegations of systematic diversion of Abia’s public funds.

However, as the Commission itself clarified, the allegations remain accusations until proven in court. The suspects are presumed innocent until the conclusion of trial proceedings.

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