The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has arrested Prof. Lucy Ogbadu, the Director-General of the National Biotechnology Development Agency, over alleged N23 million fraud.
The spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Thursday.
Uwujaren said Ogbadu was picked up by EFCC operatives in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Wednesday, following her alleged link with the Bayelsa State Director of Bio-resources Development Centre, Josiah Habu.
Habu, according to him, is being investigated by the anti-graft agency in a case of fraudulent diversion of N75 million.
He said investigations by the EFCC revealed that Ogbadu allegedly received N23m through a bank account belonging to the wife of Habu, Esther Habu.
The EFCC spokesman stated that Ogbadu admitted the transaction in a voluntary statement made to the commission’s investigators.
Uwujaren said: “Further investigations also revealed that Habu is one of the contractors with Bio-resources Development Centre, Odi, Bayelsa State.
“A total of N603 million has been traced to her in different deals involving over 20 directors of the centre across the country.
“Ogbadu’s involvement is being investigated. She has been duly served with bail conditions while investigations continue.’’
Ogbadu, a professor of microbiology, was appointed NABDA director-general in November 2013.
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