Seven governors have questions to answer in the
alleged diversion of part of the N388.304billion London-Paris Club refunds into
two accounts opened by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), according to The Nation.
The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered N19billion in one
of the accounts. The other is a domiciliary account, which contains a yet
unspecified amount of money.
One of those invited for interrogation has
admitted handing over a huge sum of money to a principal officer of the
National Assembly after changing it into dollars, according to the preliminary
report on the management of the refunds.
According
to a source, who pleaded not to be named because he is not permitted to talk to
the media, EFCC detectives discovered that while about 2% of the funds was paid
to consultants who allegedly assisted in computing what was due to each state,
3% was shared by some governors under “curious circumstances”.
The
source said: “The detectives have uncovered the two accounts opened in the name
of the NGF and the signatories to same.
“We
are looking into circumstances behind such huge deposits from London-Paris Club
refunds into these accounts.
“The
payment of 2% of the refunds to consultants and 3% to some governors which was
rated as “curious” by investigators have been confirmed. We also discovered
that some of the governors nominated these consultants.”
The
source declined to name the seven governors, stressing that the details will be
released as soon as the investigation is concluded.
-The Nation
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