EFCC Arraigns Bauchi Judiciary Officials over N217m Loan Scam
By Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned officials of the Bauchi State judiciary over a loan scam amounting to N217 million.
Usman B Abdurahman and Hafizu Dauda the Secretary and Treasurer of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, (AUPCTRE) Judiciary Branch, Bauchi State were arraigned before Justice M. A Sambo of the Bauchi State High Court on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining of goods under false pretence and presenting false documents.
The suspects were arrested following a petition to the EFCC by a top judicial officer alleging that the association entered into contract agreement sometime in 2009 with a company, De-Damak Nigeria Limited, to supply 3,000 units of motorcycles at the cost of N217,000,000 for distribution to its members.
The petitioner informed EFCC that the agreement was based on a management guarantee and irrevocable standing payment order (ISPO) by the High Court of Bauchi State.
He however stated that many units of the motorcycles were diverted and allegedly sold to M. D. Tofa Investment Limited in Kano and was also discovered that even the few names submitted by the union as beneficiaries of the loan for remittance were fictitious while others were either retired or dead and majority could not be found in the central data base of the Bauchi State civil Service.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned officials of the Bauchi State judiciary over a loan scam amounting to N217 million.
Usman B Abdurahman and Hafizu Dauda the Secretary and Treasurer of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, (AUPCTRE) Judiciary Branch, Bauchi State were arraigned before Justice M. A Sambo of the Bauchi State High Court on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining of goods under false pretence and presenting false documents.
The suspects were arrested following a petition to the EFCC by a top judicial officer alleging that the association entered into contract agreement sometime in 2009 with a company, De-Damak Nigeria Limited, to supply 3,000 units of motorcycles at the cost of N217,000,000 for distribution to its members.
The petitioner informed EFCC that the agreement was based on a management guarantee and irrevocable standing payment order (ISPO) by the High Court of Bauchi State.
He however stated that many units of the motorcycles were diverted and allegedly sold to M. D. Tofa Investment Limited in Kano and was also discovered that even the few names submitted by the union as beneficiaries of the loan for remittance were fictitious while others were either retired or dead and majority could not be found in the central data base of the Bauchi State civil Service.
Details later…
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