{"id":139424,"date":"2024-01-16T00:40:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T00:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/16\/efcc-arrests-ex-minister-charles-ugwuh-over-n3-6bn-loan-fraud\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T00:40:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T00:40:47","slug":"efcc-arrests-ex-minister-charles-ugwuh-over-n3-6bn-loan-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/16\/efcc-arrests-ex-minister-charles-ugwuh-over-n3-6bn-loan-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Arrests Ex-Minister Charles Ugwuh Over N3.6bn Loan Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-906754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot_20240115-180630_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Chukwuemeka Ugwuh\" width=\"1080\" height=\"765\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>For alleged conspiracy and loan fraud of about N3.6 billion, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Charles Chukwuemeka Ugwuh.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission\u2019s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, via a statement on Monday said, the ex-minister was arrested with Chief Geoffrey Ekenma on January 11, 2024, at No.2, Musa Yar Adua Way, New Owerri, Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>According to Oyewale, the arrest of the two suspects followed \u201ca petition to the Commission from a new generation bank on the alleged fraud perpetrated through a company, Ebony Agro Industries Ltd., linked to the ex-minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Man Who Attempted 168-Hour Standing Marathon To Achieve Guinness World Record Quits After 4 Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigations revealed that Ugwuh and Ekenma, Managing Director, Ebony Agro Industries Ltd., allegedly obtained a loan facility from the bank for the purchase and production of polished rice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the suspect, according to the petitioner, failed to meet up his obligations to the bank and all efforts to get him to repay the loan facility proved abortive. The suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded,\u201d the statement disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Ugwuh was a Minister during the late President Umaru Musa Yar\u2019adua\u2019s administration<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1948744142\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For alleged conspiracy and loan fraud of about N3.6 billion, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Charles Chukwuemeka Ugwuh. 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