Hence the office of the Head of Service of the Federation and security agencies are currently trying to find where the funds were have been kept, retrieve them and bring justice to the culprits behind the missing money.
2 senior accountants in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs have already been queried and suspended from office pending the conclusion of investigation into their roles in the alleged theft of the funds.
They had argued that they withdrew the money on the instruction of superior authorities and that as civil servants they could not disobey their ‘superiors’ who asked them to make the said amount available for official use.
The amount in question was reportedly taken in two withdrawals on the instructions of senior political aide, claiming to be working on the directives of a top presidency top shot.
The first sum of N605 million withdrawn by a minister from the account of the ministry went missing after being withdrawn from the CBN and is the subject of investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, while another withdrawal of over N800 million attracted the attention of the HoS which queried the two accountants and finally suspended them.
There were indications that the suspended accountants had named those who were behind the cash withdrawals and had tried to exonerate themselves from the deal.
It was learned that the Federal Government is bent on inviting a former minister in the ministery to appear before its anti-corruption bodies to explain his role in the missing cash. Already, one of the former ministers and close confidant of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has been questioned by the ICPC and freed by the commission.
The former minister claimed that he had already resigned before the cash went missing and that he never asked anyone to withdraw such amount for him, knowing that it was against service regulations. Already, the Presidency has been given a brief on the finances of the ministry and the roles played by some senior political actors in the dying days of the last administration.
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45 comments:
Looting our money like is their right. Daris God oo
That's lot of money..he needs to account for it
Ok
Corruption is been dealt with, no room for stealing.
Nice one, we must recover all the enemies of this country stole.
Change is here.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Bout time tho!
Okay! Now let them dance to the music
Hmmm
Hmmm arrest them all com nd answer queries
GEJ administration is the most corrupt administration in the recent history of this country. Everyone that had access to a public office successfully abused the privilege. They should all be probe and those that are found guilty should be made to face the full wrath of the law. PDP are just noise makers. Spent 16 yrs in power and they can't point at any major development on alleviating the standard of living of Nigerians. These wailing wailers are now screaming on top of their lungs condemning actions of a new administration that is bearly 3 months in offices and offers hope and are on the path to right all the damage they done over the years. Shame on PDP and their supporters. It's pathetic that shallow minded Nigerians cannot rise above ethnic sentiments for the development of Nigeria.
We are hearing invitations,questioning and finally set free!!!! Wen are we gonna start hearing jailing and sentencing???
Biko if they r found guilty, they should b punished accordingly so dat it wil serve as deterrent to others.
Hmmmmm
Nawa o
Seen
Hmmmmm
Nawa o
Seen
Ole...thieves
Pls account for it sharp sharp
Sai baba!
They don't care about development of naija delta. All they care about is their personal pocket.
They should stop persecuting these ppl na...stealing wasn't corruption in the era of the smiling hero
Na ghost cum order the civil servants to do d withdrawal ni?... dee
Hmmmmmmmm all dese money u ppl r sharing.....diaris God ooo!!!!!!
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Make them they catch all this criminals one by one.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
DE FEAR OF KIRIKIRI IS DE BEGINNIN OF SERIOUS INVSTIGATION....TOMJERRYSWIT
I hope who ever found guilty is jailed because their impact is not felt in d region
No Wonder he was shouting so hard and angrily during the electoral reconciliation process, Thief Thief.
Just imagine d way dis ppl withdraw money and share amongst dem selves ehn, mtscheeeeew. Dave
The level of corruption and missing unappropriated funds is alarming. Nigeria as a country is actually experiencing economic meltdown, currently dollar is 250 and there is every possibility it will get to 270.
Linda,is the past government still the best we ever had?please everyone,think with your brains(that's one of its many uses).
There's more to come.much more.
some of this politicians are wise, they keep money with some of this popular pastors, you think its only prayer they went to receive.
Ghen Ghen! Time for accountability has come. Linda take note!
Ghen Ghen! Time for accountability has come. Linda take note!
Ghen Ghen! Time for accountability has come. Linda take note!
this our people self...na wa o
Now we are beginning to see how they stole the moni.evidently Jonas regime is becoming the most notoriously courrupt administration and funny enough the ogogoro shacking otueke man never did no wat went diwn in his regime foolish clueless man.i hope Nigerians are beginning to see how jona boys ravaged dis nations finance
Now we are beginning to see how they stole the moni.evidently Jonas regime is becoming the most notoriously courrupt administration and funny enough the ogogoro shacking otueke man never did no wat went diwn in his regime foolish clueless man.i hope Nigerians are beginning to see how jona boys ravaged dis nations finance
Good 4 dem
As in eehh, de way dis CBN pple mention moni eehh, i begin to wonda
Corrupt Fucks.
Ndi oshi everywhere! Who been dey guard our treasury all this time wey this people dey thief our money? Mtcheeeeew! The man go don drink forget himself that time,as usual.
Shake my head. This is nothing but an insult to us. The last administration was the worst thing to ever happened to Nigeria. Clearly indicated the poverty mentality that was portrayed.
MANY IGNORANT NIGERIANS STILL WENT TO THE POLLS TO CAST THEIR VOTES FOR GEJ. THANK GOD HE LOST.
The dark era of "stealing is not corruption" is over and we are grateful to God .
As in eh. They feel it belongs exclusively to them because they are in office
Sai Buhari. ICPC, EFCC ARE WORKING.
Why Are My Comments Not Always Shown On Ur Blog??? I Commented On This Post E No Show, Hmmm
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