After being detained for almost a week, former Interior Minister, Abba Moro, will be arraigned today before Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court Abuja, to answer to charges of abuse of procurement process and diversion of public funds preferred against him and four others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC is slamming 11-count charge him and four others for allegedly collecting N676.6 million from 676,675 job seekers in the fatal Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment exercise in 2014.
Moro, a permanent secretary in the ministry at the time, Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, a deputy director in the ministry, F. O Alayebami, one Mahmood Ahmadu (at large), and the contracting firm given the recruitment job, Drexel Tech Nigeria Ltd, are being accused of defrauding 676, 675,000 Nigerian applicants of N676,675,000.
The EFCC said N202,500,000 of the amount was spent on buying No. 1, Lahn Crescent, Maitama, Abuja while N120, 100,000 was used to upgrade No.2, Sigure Close, Off Monrovia Street, Wuse II Abuja. The commission said the recruitment firm, Drexel Tech Nigeria Limited and Mahmood Ahmadu converted N101, 200,000 to US dollars for personal use.
The accused are also alleged to have contravened the Public Procurement Act, No. 65 of 2007 in the contract awards by not following the necessary procedure laid down by the government. The commission said the recruitment firm, Drexel Tech Nigeria Limited, and Mahmood Ahmadu converted N101, 200,000 to US dollars for personal use.
The charges are:
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"That you Abba Moro, Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, F.O Alayebami, Mahmood Ahmadu (at large) and Drexel Tech Nigeria Ltd on or about the 17th of March 2013 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court with intent to defraud conspired to induce a total number of 676,675 Nigerian job applicants seeking employment with Nigerian Immigration Service to deliver property to wit: cumulative sum of N676,675,000 which sum represents the sum of N1,000 per applicant under the false presence that the money represents payment for their online recruitment exercise into Nigerian Immigration Service and which presence you knew was false, contrary to Section 8 and 1(1) (b) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, No. 14 of 2006
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Posted: at 29-02-2016 10:53 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
How this case wasn't immediately taken up under GEJ's government still baffles me over and over again... So many lives lost, and it just seemed like every other incident...
Posted: at 29-02-2016 12:51 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Badluck Jonathan must give account to GOD in all these corruption that claimed d lives of innocent Nigerians..Abba Moro killed youths and was reviving awards by Jonathan for a jib well done, was not questioned, prosecuted,etc
Posted: at 29-02-2016 12:56 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
osarobo62 at 29-02-2016 02:15 PM (8 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Haso on 29-02-2016 12:51 PM
How this case wasn't immediately taken up under GEJ's government still baffles me over and over again... So many lives lost, and it just seemed like every other incident...
Jonathan failed Nigerians woefully...particularly in this case. The least he could have done was tell Moro to resign.
Posted: at 29-02-2016 02:15 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
zezprincess at 29-02-2016 03:39 PM (8 years ago) (f)
Nawaooo,that day is still fresh in my memory,after paying the necessary fee,on the d-day,we all were on our white outfit since morning till even,they will tell us to move to this place,later they will say another place till some collapsed gasping for breath,later we were dismissed when the news came that some collapsed&died in various states. Till today nothing happened,no job was given to us,our money gone.
Posted: at 29-02-2016 03:39 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
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