The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has traced N603m to Mrs Esther
Habu, the wife of Mr Josiah Habu, who is the Director of the Bioresources
Development Centre in Bayelsa State.
Established
in 2003 by the National Biotechnology Development Agency under the supervision
of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, BIODEC is an intervention
programme of the Federal Government aimed at developing the natural resources
of Nigeria for use in agriculture, health, environment and industry.
BIODEC
has about 25 centres across the country.
According
to the EFCC, investigations showed that Esther, whose husband is a director at
the BIODEC branch in Bayelsa State, was given suspicious contracts even as a
total sum of N603,000,000 was traced to her in different deals involving over
20 directors of BIODEC across the country.
The
anti-graft agency said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren,
that about N70m was traced to her husband.
The
EFCC also arrested the Director-General of NABDA, Prof Lucy Ogbadu, who
oversees all BIODEC branches across the country.
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