Fleeing Female Former Minister Nabbed At Border Checkpoint

A former Romanian female minister convicted of corruption in her country had been arrested in Bulgaria while fleeing, authorities said on Friday.

Elena Udrea, the former Minister of Regional Development and Tourism of Romania, was detained in a car near the Kulata checkpoint on Bulgaria’s border with Greece.

This followed a European arrest warrant issued by Romanian authorities on Thursday, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry said in a statement.

According to Romanian authorities, the 48-year-old woman was sentenced to six years in prison for corruption.

Udrea committed crimes during her tenure as minister from 2010 to the end of 2011, the statement said of the arrest of the fleeing former female political office holder.

Meanwhile, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has pledged to nominate the first female vice president if he emerges the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 General Elections..

Bello, who said this at the “Second Annual GYB Seminar for Nigeria’s Political and Crime Correspondents” in Abuja, said he would give consideration to women if given approval to choose his running mate.

The governor said that he was committed to running an inclusive government carrying women, youths and Persons With Disabilities along as he did in Kogi, ensuring that no one was left behind.

“If given the opportunity, if my political party will give me the opportunity and free hand to choose who will run with me, come 2023, surely I will not leave the constituency of my mother, which is women.

“I assure you that if ever I will be given that opportunity, I will wish to have the first female vice president from 2023,” he said

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