Benue Assembly Clerk Lands In EFCC’s Net Over Alleged N220m Fraud

Clerk of the Benue State House of Assembly, Torese Agena is currently in the detention facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) over alleged N220 million fraud.

In a statement issued on Friday by the EFCC’s Head of Publicity in Benue, Nwanyinma Okeanu, the anti-graft agency said after Agena was arrested on Thursday, his wife and two daughters were also handed to the police for invading the commission and assaulting the security operatives on duty.

The statement noted that investigation on the alleged fraud is ongoing, adding that family members of the clerk on Friday stormed its office and molested staff of the commission.

According to the statement, the clerk’s wife and her two daughters assaulted two policemen on duty and bit another policeman.

Part of the statement reads: “The commission on Thursday 17/01/20 around 10 a.m. arrested the clerk of Benue House of Assembly, Torese Agena, for an alleged case of fraud, stealing and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of over two hundred and twenty million Naira (N220,000,000).

“He invited his wife and children to the EFCC’s zonal office in Makurdi where he is being held. The wife, Agena Terngu, and her daughters, Terfa – Mamadu Ngweavese and Agena Suur assaulted two mobile policemen on duty and bit the third policeman on his left arm. They also tried to run over another with their car while trying to escape.

“The suspect, Torese Agena, is currently the Clerk of the Benue State House of Assembly and is currently in detention on a valid remand warrant obtained from the Federal High Court, Makurdi.

“The suspect’s wife, as well as the two daughters who carried out the assault, were handed over to the police for onward prosecution while the main suspect, Torese Agena, Clerk of the Benue State House of Assembly, would be arraigned for prosecution as soon as investigation is concluded,” the statement read.