Former Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Uche Nnaji, has reportedly been arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, while preparing to board a chartered flight to Abuja.
It was gathered that the former minister was taken into custody on Wednesday at the airport.
According to Premium Times, sources disclosed that Nnaji is expected to be handed over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, for interrogation.
The ICPC had been on the trail of the former minister since he resigned from office last year following investigations that revealed he forged his academic certificates.
Former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji has reportedly been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport after arriving from Enugu on a chartered flight.
Reports indicate that the former minister was taken into custody on Wednesday shortly after landing at the Abuja airport.
According to Premium Times, sources said Nnaji is expected to be transferred to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for questioning.
The anti-graft agency has reportedly been investigating the former minister since his resignation from office last year after allegations emerged that he falsified his academic certificates.
Earlier, Nnaji dismissed reports claiming that a court had issued a warrant for his arrest, maintaining that he was neither in hiding nor attempting to evade security agencies.
His response came after a Premium Times report alleging that a court had granted an order in connection with an ongoing ICPC investigation into the certificate forgery allegations.
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