$50m Found In Account Of PDP Guber Candidate Involved In Oil Theft, EFCC Denies Manipulation

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday confirmed that it has arrested and detained Mr. Jarrett Tenebe, a PDP gubernatorial hopeful in Edo State who is involved in high level oil theft.

It was learned from EFCC sources that $50million has been found in an account belonging to Tenebe.

On Thursday Sahara Reporters reported that Mr. Tenebe was reported to have shocked investigators as he had revealed to them he enjoyed the cover of several top government officials and politicians, naming Mike Oghiadomhe, a former Chief of Staff to President Goodluck Jonathan; Tony Anenih, chair of the PDP Board of Trustees; and Diezani Alison Madueke, the Petroleum Resources Minister.

EFCC admitted the arrest in a statement but tried to cover up the powerful men and women:

Crude Oil Theft: PDP Governorship Candidate Jarrett Tenebe Arrested, Implicates Petroleum Minister, Others

Jarrett Tenebe, a Peoples democratic Party gubernatorial candidate and a politically well-connected chieftain has been  arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)for oil theft,. Investigators were  reportedly shocked by revealations that he received cover from several senior government officials and top politicians, including Mike Oghiadomhe, a former Chief of Staff to President Goodluck Jonathan, Tony Anenih, chair of the board of trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke.

The EFCC was still holding Mr. Tenebe today after arresting him last week for alleged theft of massive amounts of crude oil.

An EFCC source disclosed that Mr. Tenebe, who hails from Edo State, told investigators that his powerful political patrons and protectors enabled him to carry out lucrative crude oil theft from Nigeria under the guise of evacuating stolen crude on behalf of the federal government. Among the political patrons are Ms. Alison-Madueke, Mr. Oghiadomhe, Mr. Anenih, a close confidant of President Jonathan, and James Jephthah.