Wednesday, June 3, 2026

The Sun Nigeria

N23bn election bribe: EFCC grills Imoke in Calabar

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IMMEDIATE past gover­nor of Cross River State, senator Liyel Imoke has been quizzed on his role in the N23 billion election bribe. Imoke was quizzed at the commission’s office in Port Harcourt for allegedly receiving N1.275 billion from Stallion Group during the 2015 general elections. Another N775 million was also allegedly paid to him from the office of the Ac­countant General of the Federation “for an unstated purpose.” All the monies were allegedly paid to him between December 2014 and May, 2015.