One of the seven state governors being probed over the alleged diversion of N19 billion from the London/Paris Clubs’ N522 billion refund to some states of the federation has allegedly received N500 million from the money.
The money was traced to the governor’s accounts by the operatives of anti-corruption agency who are investigating the alleged fraud.
It was learnt that the EFCC traced and recovered the N500 million from an unnamed state governor from the Federal Government’s N522billion refund from the Paris and London Clubs to the affected states.
President Muhammadu Buhari had directed the governors to use the money to clear the arrears of workers’ salaries and pensioners’ stipends.
But as soon as the moneyw as released, there were allegations that some governors had diverted the chunk of it.
In fact, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) was said to have received the sum of N19billion from which N500 million was paid to the governor as consultancy fee.
In the course of its investigation of how N19 billion was illegally deducted from the London-Paris Club debt refund, the sum of N500 million was found in the governor’s account as payment for an undisclosed consultancy job.
It was further learnt that the seven governors under probe played prominent roles in the diversion into two accounts opened by the NGF.
According to reports, an EFCC source said that: “In spite of the foul cry by some governors, the EFCC has decided to conclude the ongoing probe of the N19 billion diverted from the loan refund.”
Already four persons have been arrested by the anti-graft agency, the source said, adding that:. “Detectives have grilled four more suspects and retrieved bank details on how the funds were wired into some accounts.
“The operatives are trying to determine whether or not the governor is also one of the consultants engaged for advisory service by the NGF,” he said
Among the states that benefitted from the London/Paris Clubs’ refund are Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Katsina, Kaduna, Lagos, Imo, Jigawa, Borno, Niger, Bauchi and Benue. Kano State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) did not benefit from the fund.
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
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