– A government official working with Governor Seriake Dickson is reported to have fled with governor’s $4.6million (equivalent of 1.84billion at N400/$1 exchange rate)

The Suspect is said to be an accountant in Bayelsa Government House

– Police clamps down on run-away resident

Men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Bayelsa state on Tuesday, August 23 ransacked the private home of a Bayelsa government official who happens to be the State Government House Accountant.

The secret raid by the security operatives was carried out for at least two hours.

The residence is situated along Brass Road was reportedly ransacked based on directives from Governor Seriake Dickson, the Bayelsa state governor, after Etonye allegedly fled with the Bayelsa state governor’s money said to be $4.6m.

Governor Dickson was reported to have given the said amount to the accountant to keep in his safe keep only some days before the man’s home was descended upon on Tuesday, August 23.


The alleged thief is popularly called Ritchie, and he is said to be Governor Dickson’s first cousin‎.

A security source close to Government House, Yenagoa, briefly narrated that the Bayelsa state governor gave the money to his first cousin shortly before travelling to Akure, the Ondo state capital to supervise the PDP governorship primary which held on Monday, August 22.

The security source stated: ”The money was given to him by Oga before we left for Ondo State but by the time we returned, the accountant was nowhere to be found and his lines switched off.

”Even his wife was not at home and after waiting for over twelve hours, the governor ordered that his private residence be searched by the police to see whether or not he kept the money there. Right now, we are looking from him because he has evacuated his family from the official quarters in Government House.”

Currently, Bayelsa is an indebted state because it is one of the several states in Nigeria that failed to apply the elementary economic theories of scale of preference and opportunity cost, to solve its economic challenges.

Good.

hmm

karma will surely catch up with him

Our money

And that state is owing workers salaries.

I loveeeeeeee that guy. More of it plssssss. Nigeria is broke indeed. I said Efcc is dead pple say Na lie. See cash one person has at home. What of bank

And this governor is owing workers backlog of salaries.Dickson needs to go the way as ibori.

Scam is scamming the scam nowadays
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Very brilliant accountant , how can you give state government money to individual to keep if you don't have dubious mind.

Nigerian politicians have a stone heart.

Awkward moment ...when the hunter become the prey !

They say 'karma' is a bitch but Gov Dickson sees karma as a guy...

Is that money not enough to pay workers salaries? Well all i see here is a pre arranged deal with the Gov or the guy wan show Bayelsans say money de o but the Gov just lock up.

Thunder fire somebody

Flexherbal:
And that state is owing workers salaries.

No be small owing o