An EFCC witness, Mr Ishaq Salihu on Thursday told an FCT High Court how millions of Naira approved for stationeries by former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, misappropriated
Salihu, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who investigated the alleged N1.64 billion fraud, said that N470 was released for stationeries in 2005.
He said that N250 million was first approved by Nyame on December 30, 2004 upon request made by the Commissioner for Finance, Abubakar Tutare , on December 28, 2004.
The witness said the purchase of these bulk stationeries and office equipment for Taraba ministries and parastatals was supposed to be by “direct labour’’as stipulated by Tutare.
He said the `direct labour’ consisted of a committee of civil servants and auditors who were to make the purchases directly from the market to cut cost and not through contract.
Instead, the money was paid into Salman Global Ventures account owned by Ibrahim Abubakar , a third party and friend of Nyame.
“A third party that neither bidded, applied nor requested for the purchase of stationeries issued a receipt of payment of N250 million which he supplied nothing.
“The money was lodged in Pacific bank in fixed deposit and it yielded an interest of N1.6 million ,’’ Salihu said.
Salihu, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who investigated the alleged N1.64 billion fraud, said that N470 was released for stationeries in 2005.
He said that N250 million was first approved by Nyame on December 30, 2004 upon request made by the Commissioner for Finance, Abubakar Tutare , on December 28, 2004.
The witness said the purchase of these bulk stationeries and office equipment for Taraba ministries and parastatals was supposed to be by “direct labour’’as stipulated by Tutare.
He said the `direct labour’ consisted of a committee of civil servants and auditors who were to make the purchases directly from the market to cut cost and not through contract.
Instead, the money was paid into Salman Global Ventures account owned by Ibrahim Abubakar , a third party and friend of Nyame.
“A third party that neither bidded, applied nor requested for the purchase of stationeries issued a receipt of payment of N250 million which he supplied nothing.
“The money was lodged in Pacific bank in fixed deposit and it yielded an interest of N1.6 million ,’’ Salihu said.
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