EFCC Declares Former Abia Commissioner Christopher Enweremadu Wanted Over Alleged Diversion Of Funds And Money Laundering
The EFCC has declared former Abia Commissioner Christopher Enweremadu wanted over alleged conspiracy, diversion of public funds, and money laundering linked to local government allocations in Abia between 2019 and 2023.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Christopher Enweremadu, a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Abia State, wanted over allegations of criminal conspiracy, diversion of public funds, stealing, and money laundering.
The announcement was contained in a public notice issued on Wednesday by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale. According to the notice, Enweremadu’s last known address was the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Umuahia, Abia State.
The EFCC urged anyone with information about his whereabouts to report to any of its zonal offices across the country, including Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt, and Abuja.
Enweremadu, who served under former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, has previously been linked to investigations into alleged mismanagement of funds allocated to local government councils in Abia between 2019 and 2023.
In December 2024, a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja ordered a probe into the use of allocations for Abia’s 17 local government areas within that period. The court also directed the EFCC to submit its investigation report and ordered the seizure of the international passports of three former state officials. Those affected were Enweremadu, a former aide to ex-Governor Ikpeazu, Erondu Uchenna Erondu, and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Deaconess Joy Nwanju.
The court’s action followed an ex parte motion filed by an activist, who alleged that billions of naira received by the state for its local government councils were mismanaged.
The EFCC did not release further details on the specific financial transactions tied to Enweremadu in the fresh notice.
This development comes weeks after the Commission declared an Adamawa-born businessman, Abdullahi Bashir Haske, a known associate of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, wanted in connection with alleged conspiracy and money laundering.
