Ethiopia’s ex-Communication Minister, Bereket Simon, has been arrested by the federal government at his residence in the capital, Addis Ababa, multiple news sources, state and private, have reported.

Simon is also a founding member of the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, EPRDF. Multiple local media channels are reporting that his arrest is in connection with corruption.

The former minister was a member of the Amhara regional bloc in the EPRDF.

His party, now the Amhara Democratic Party ousted him from executive committee membership.

Bereket resigned his position in government in October 2017 at the time as an advisor in charge of Policy Studies and Research to ex-Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

Later in December, the state-affiliated FBC reported that Bereket like then Parliament Speaker Abadula Gemeda, had rescinded their resignations. He eventually exited after Abiy came to power in April 2017.

Report has it that the govt also arrested another official, Tadesse Kassa, a former top civil servant.