EFCC Arrests PDP Deputy National Chairman, Uche Secondus

Prince Uche Uche Secondus

Operatives of the EFCC have arrested for questioning, a former acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arrested the Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Uche Secondus

The Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujiaren, confirmed the arrest to THISDAY in Abuja.

‘’It is true; he is right now (4:30pm) in our office for interrogation’’, Mr. Uwujiaren stated.

Earlier, the Director, New Media of the PDP Adeyanju Deji, had announced Secondus’s arrest on Wednesday through his twitter handle @adeyanjudeji.

According to Adeyanju, the EFCC had asked Secondus to return some buses he received from an unnamed person.

Secondus was the Acting National Chairman of the PDP until Monday last week, when he handed over to the newly appointed party National Chairman, Alhaji Ali-Modu Sheriff.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, recently regained his freedom after a protracted incarceration by the anti-graft agency. He was accused of receiving N400 million from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).