Nigeria: We will Not Protect Ugbane - Senate

The Senate will not protect Senator Nicholas Ugbane if he is found culpable in the alleged multibillion naira rural electrification project scam, the Senate has declared.

The declaration not withstanding, the Senate yesterday flayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its attempts to arrest Ugbane within the National Assembly premises even as it affirmed that the arrested Senator remained innocent until proven guilty.

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