After an alleged discovery of $16 million in a bank account belonging to his wife, a Brigadier-General, Charles Nengite, has reportedly been arrested by the Nigerian Army.
Nengite is said to be currently detained by the Special Investigations Bureau, a department in the Nigerian Army that handles matters relating to fraud and money laundering.
A source disclosed that Nigerian Presidency directed both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Army authorities to investigate the matter after receiving complaints from the United States government.
According to Daily Sun, trouble started for the officer after the NFIA in the United States of America discovered the huge amount in his wife’s bank account.
After effecting the arrest of his wife, the authorities wrote to the Presidency to furnish it with the occupation of her husband, thereby prompting the Chief Of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Butatai, to order the SIB to take over the matter.
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However, sources said the wife was not arrested as the money was believed to have been proceeds from dirty deals while the officer was on secondment to the Niger Delta Development Commission between 2016 and 2019.
At the time of filing this report, the officer was still in the custody of the SIB in Abuja.