The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission(ICPC) has charged 5 directors of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs – Yusuf Agabi (Director of Finance and Account), Akpore Okeroghene (Deputy Director of Finance), Abibu Ayinla (Director of Finance), Idowu Adewale (Deputy Director Accounts) and Ngozi James (Deputy Director Accounts)- with offences of defrauding the ministry to the tune of N605m between July 2013 and October 2014.
The anti-graft agency filed 46 counts of fraud against the accused persons before Justice Husseini Baba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja on July 7, 2015. The directors allegedly siphoned the money from the Constituency Project account of the ministry under fraudulent claims. The ICPC’s Chief Legal Officer, Paul Ahmed, who signed the charges, alleged that the accused persons fraudulently withdrew the total sum of N605m from the Constituency Project Account of the ministry without authorization.
Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.
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