Two of the rebel Governors, Kwara’s helmsman, Abdulfattah Ahmed,
and Niger States’ Babangida Aliyu, are alleged to be involved in some
multi Billion naira deals running into over N81 billion.
Pointblanknews.com gathered that While Ahmed is alleged to have used a
Bureau de Change owned by his brother to move N60 Billion through about
40 bank accounts, Aliyu is yet to account for the N9 billion he got
through the capital market and another N6 billion the state got from
Zenith Bank for ‘infrastructural developments’
It was learnt that this is one of the reasons why the breakaway
Governors had insisted the President asked the anti graft agency to back
off them and their commissioners as part of the deal for peace.
When the G7 Governors met with President Goodluck Jonathan, they raised four issues:
That he should stop EFCC from” harassing” Governors and their aides,
resolve the Nigeria Governors Forum(NGF) impasse, help return the
structures of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Rivers and Adamawa
structures to Governor Rotimi Amaechi and Murtala Nyako respectively,
among other issues
Some Governors especially Gov. Jonah Jang asked his colleagues not to
drag Jonathan into the NGF issue. Jang insisted that Jigawa’s Sule
Lamido and other Northern Governors asked him to contest the NGF
election and that they all caused the fighting within the NGF.
When the issue of the EFCC came up, sources privy to the goings on
hinted that Akpabio asked the Governors to find individual ways of
resolving any issue with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission
(EFCC).
He gave an example of how a petition against his sister had caused
her to be stopped from entering Germany for medicals. He said when the
German Government investigated the petition, they found it to be false
and then gave his sister entry permit.
EFCC Sources said the reason why the G7 Governors are afraid is
because their immunity ends in 2015 and they want to be protected
against any EFCC probes which is key to their freedom after office.
Pointblanknews.com sources hinted that Governor Ahmed is in a very
deep mess and has complicated former Governor Bukola Saraki’s case.
Sources hinted that EFCC found out that Ahmed’s younger brother runs
a Bureau De Change which they use in laundering money. EFCC sources
said over N60 Billion in about 40 accounts have been traced to the
Governor’s younger brother. The Bureau the change is used as the front.
The money according to EFCC dates back to when Saraki was Governor.
The EFCC has been on the trail of Saraki before Jonathan became
President. In fact, sources said because of Saraki and Ex Delta Gover,
James Ibori’s roles in the appointment of Farida Waziri as EFCC
chairman, his( Saraki) probe was stopped. Yar’Adua ensured that he was
protected. Sources said at no time did the Attorney General cleared
Saraki of any wrong doing.
This, it was further learnt, is the reason why Saraki has been a
regular visitor to the EFCC recently. Pointblanknews.com learnt that the
EFCC stumbled on the Ahmed/Saraki deal when the commission was perusing
the books of defunct Societe Generale Bank owned by the Sarakis.
This is the link: Governor Ahmed was Saraki’s Commissioner for
Finance and Planning. Gbemi Saraki was the preferred candidate of late
Olusola Saraki for Governor. But sources said because Saraki has a lot
of deals with Ahmed as his Commissioner for Finance, he insisted that he
took over from him as Governor to cover his tracks. Late Olusola Saraki
considers Gbemi as a more grass rooted politician but lost out when her
brother used money to bribe his way into reckoning.
As for Aliyu this was how the N6 Billion bond deal from Zenith was
tidied. a document entitled HR.NO.10 2008/2009-Resolution Granting
Approval to the Executive Governor Of Niger state, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida
Aliyu,OON, To Enable him obtain N=6billion bond facilities in favor of
Niger state Government” Dated Tuesday,11 Day of November, 2008. Signed
by Pharm.MM Alkali., Honourable Speaker and Mohammed A. Rijau, Permanent
Secretary/ Clerk, partly stated Thus; “Whereas: The Government of
Niger State is committed to the provision of infrastructural development
for the purpose of enhancing the welfare and well being of our
people, the state Government after due consideration and consultations
with the stakeholders and indeed purposeful deliberations by the state
Executive Council came into conclusion that the available source is to
seek for loan facility from the capital market through a bond; after
the conclusion therefore, the state Government in partnership with
Zenith Bank PLC arranged to obtain a loan facility of N=6billion from
the capital market”
A year earlier the state had gotten N9 Billion from the capital
market for same infrastructural development but till date nothing is on
ground.
On December 12 2008, the Niger state Ministry of Finance, wrote to
the Minister of Finance informing the Ministry of the deductions from
the monthly Federal allocations to the state.
In the letter entitled “Irrevocable Standing order, for deduction
from the Account of Niger state Government in respect of N=6billion
infrastructural Development Projects Bond” signed by Aminu Yusuf,
Commissioner for finance, Abubakar Tukur, Accountant General, Engr. Sani
Ndanusa, commissioner for Transport and infrastructure and Mu’azu
Babangida Aliyu, the state Government instructed the Federal Ministry,
to make a monthly deduction of N=142,377,502.73. With commencement date
of January, 2009, with tenor of 60 months.
The letter further directed thus “The Niger state Government hereby
gives to the Federal Ministry of Finance an irrevocable standing
payment Order (ISPO) to deduct from the state statutory Allocation the
principal sum and interest (COUPON) as per the attached scheduled and
pay same to the Account of Zenith Trust Company Ltd/ Niger state
infrasture Development Bond Account No. 6013808602.
Aliyu had also in 2010 approved the sum of N23,269,890.00 for a
medical trip to the United Kingdom for the state Chief Judge, Justice
Jibrin Ndajiwo. He was to be accompanied by his wife Ashta, but the trip
never was.
The state Government claimed the Niger state House of Assembly
received an invitation to the 56 CPA international and the CPA regional
conferences holding in Nairobi Kenya on September 10-19, 2010 and South
Africa July 24-31 2010 respectively. The House submitted a bill of over
N=49,000,000,00 for the two trips
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