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EFCC Quizzes University Vice-Chancellor For Alleged Corruption

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The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Olusola Oyewole, has been invited for questioning by the anti-graft commission, EFCC.

Mr. Oyewole and the institution’s bursar, Moses Ilesanmi, were invited for questioning based on allegations of corruption levelled against them.

The duo are to appear at the EFCC’s Zonal Office in Ibadan on August 17  by 10:00 a.m., according to an invitation letter signed by Akaninyewa Ezima.

“The office is currently investigating an alleged case of corruption and abuse of office involving your institution,” the EFCC invitation letter obtained reads.

The university officials were told to come along with certified true copies of documents including those of capital projects executed in their tenure.

While Mr. Oyewole, a Professor of Food Science and Technology, was appointed in 2012, Mr. Ilesanmi was appointed in September 2011 and is scheduled to leave office in a month.

The EFCC is also investigating payments made by the university to the governing council of the institution led by a former senator, Adeseye Ogunlewe.

The invited officials were asked to come with records of all payments made to Mr. Ogunlewe and other members of the governing council since their appointment in 2013.

Mr. Ogunlewe, who represented Lagos State in the Senate, was appointed pro-chancellor of the university by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

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EFCC Quizzes Jonathan’s Ally Over Alleged Multibillion Dollar Deals

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday evening questioned Jide Omokore, an ally of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, and Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited.

It gathered the arrest was in connection with a series of multi-billion dollar petrol import and crude export deals.

Multiple security sources said that Mr Omokore, who was  later released on Wednesday evening, made revealing statements.

Operatives said he was expected to return with some required documents.

Atlantic Energy Limited was one of the companies that allegedly received multibillion dollar worth of public assets without due process by the Jonathan administration in 2011.

The company, which was created less than a year earlier and had not produced a droplet of oil, was awarded controlling stakes in two lucrative oil blocks – OML 30 and 34 – for just over $50 million each.

The deal, which was signed by the immediate past minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, gave Atlantic Energy Limited a controlling 55 percent stake in the oil block.

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NDLEA Quizzes Ojukwu’s Niece, Four Others For Importing 2.24kg Of Cocaine

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested one Ijeoma Ojukwu and four others for their alleged involvement in the importation of 2.24kg of cocaine.

Ojukwu, who is purportedly the niece of the late Biafran warlord, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, was arrested alongside an NDLEA officer who facilitated the clearance of the illicit substance at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja.

Other suspects were identified as Ali Bala Adamu, a member of staff of NDLEA, Victor Umeh, Uche Igwelo and Egbuche Fidelis Osita.
All five suspects were taken for interrogation at the agency’s headquarters in Ikoyi, Lagos, after the illicit substance imported from Brazil was allegedly abandoned at the airport.

Confirming the arrests, NDLEA’s Head of Public Affairs, Mitchel Ofoyeju, said operatives of the agency commenced investigation after an abandoned luggage from Brazil was found to contain 2.24kg of cocaine at MMIA.

He said further investigation led to the arrest of five suspects including a member of staff of the narcotics agency.
Reacting to the arrest, the acting Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Mrs. Roli Bode-George, said the agency would prosecute whoever is found guilty.

She said: “The NDLEA is following every lead professionally and will exploit more opportunities towards getting every culprit arrested.
“We have also expanded the scope of our investigation and everyone involved in this illegal importation of narcotics shall be diligently prosecuted.

“The agency will continue to uphold the rule of law and dislodge drug trafficking organisations in the country.
“NDLEA will not compromise its high standards. We are working very hard with international and local collaborators in projecting the image of Nigeria in drug control programmes.

“Any attempt by any person or group of persons to sabotage this great achievement shall be resisted. Probity and strict law enforcement shall be sustained.”

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EFCC Arrests, Quizzes Abba Moro Over NIS Job Scandal

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are reportedly currently interrogating former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, over the Saturday, March 15, 2014 job test scandal in the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).

The scandal, which led to the death of about 20 applicants in various recruitment centres across the country, involved over 520,000 Nigerian graduate applicants who paid N1, 000 each to be qualified to take the test.

The NIS under Moro generated a tune of N520 million from the job test.

After the NIS tragedy, several Nigerians demanded the resignation or dismissal of Mr. Moro and the then Comptroller-General of Immigration, David Parradang, as well as their criminal prosecution for involuntary homicide.

Sources said the anti-graft had quizzed the ex-Comptroller-General of the NIS, Parradang on the same matter.

An official of the EFCC who confirmed the arrest of Mr. Moro said a team of investigators have already begun interrogating him.

Another EFCC official said: “It will be a deservice, to sweep under the carpet, the job scandal allegation against the former Minister, which led to the death of innocent job seekers. So, operatives have to invite him for interrogation.”

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EFCC Quizzes Former Gov. Of Kebbi Over Alleged N3.8b Fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday quizzed former Kebbi State Governor Saidu Dakingari over alleged mismanagement of N3.8 billion.

As at 5.24p.m yesterday, the former governor, who was invited by the EFCC, was still at the agency’s Operations Department.

The EFCC’s operatives had earlier grilled Dakingari’s wife, Hajiya Zainab (the daughter of late President Umaru Yar’Adua) and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Haliru Bello Mohammed, over alleged N2 billion contracts and money laundering in the state.

A reliable source in EFCC, who spoke in confidence, said the invitation of the ex-governor followed a petition on non-execution of some contracts in Kebbi State when he was in charge.

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