The Rivers State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinyere Igwe, representing Port Harcourt II Federal Constituency, and believed to be one of the PDP presidential campaign managers in the state, with a cash sum of 498,100 USD inside a bag in his car.
According to a statement released by the Command in Port Harcourt shortly after the arrest, police officers from Rivers State Command deployed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, IINEC, Headquarters Aba Road, around 2.45am, while on stop and search, arrested Hon. Chinyere Igwe with the said foreign currency.
