• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Government
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
Sign in
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Password recovery
Recover your password
Search
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • EFCC Arraigns Dutch-Nigeria Couple, Company for $330,000 Oil Vessel Fraud  

      EFCC

      Oyo-Ita’s Trial: Judge Accuses EFCC of shopping for Favorably Judgment

      EFCC

      Convicted Abeokuta Yahoo Boys to Refund $ 6,100 to Victims

      ICPC

      ICPC Recovers $919,207 from Court Staff

      Bawa Scales Senate Hurdle, States Vision for the EFCC

  • Government
    • Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami

      FG Approves Establishment of SIM Swap Centres by MNOs, Extension of…

      President Muhammadu Buhari

      Buhari Seeks Senate Confirmation of Shaba as NASRDA DG

      President Muhammad Buhari

      Buhari Declares Zamfara a no-fly-zone, Bans Mining Activities

      NSA Babagana Monguno with Service Chiefs at Office of National Security Adviser ONSANSA

      Senate Confirms Service Chiefs’ Appointment as Buhari Host Security Council Meeting

      Brig General Ibrahim Shuaibu, NYSC Boss

      NYSC Decries Inadequate Funding of Skill Acquisition Programmes

  • Economy
    • imported rice

      Nigeria Customs Service Raises Alarm over Massive Foreign Rice Smuggling

      Wesley Edirin

      NCBN Boss, Jerry Wesley Edirin, Dies in Abuja Health Facility

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

      imported rice

      Renewed Smuggling Threatens 13m jobs- RIPAN

      Accountant General Defies Court, Minister’s Order on Payment of 5 Year…

  • National
    • PR Expert Advocates Law for Practice of Lobbying in Nigeria

      CISLAC Musa Rafsanjani

      CISLAC Calls for Transparency in COVID-19 Vaccination in Nigeria

      Media

      Network of Health Journalists Elect New EXCOs

      GCI Ranks Nigeria’s Image Merchants Most Creative PR Agency Worldwide

      Brig General Ibrahim Shuaibu, NYSC Boss

      NYSC Decries Inadequate Funding of Skill Acquisition Programmes

  • Security
    • Borno Governor appoints Retired Army General from Kwara as Security Adviser 

      FRSC-Boss-Boboye-Oyeyemi

      FRSC Seeks Supports of World Bank on Capacity Building

      Gov Abdulrahaman abdulrazak of Kwara

      Kwara imposes curfew on Offa, Erinle

      Buhari Commissions Immigration Data Communication Control Centre

      Brigadier General Mohammed M Yerima, Nigerian Army Spokesperson

      Troops Desertion: Nigerian Army Reacts to Media Reports

  • Features
    • In defense of Salihu Tanko Yakasai By Dr. Sule Ya’u Sule

      Armed Bandits Kidnappers

      Nigeria failed Kagara and Jangebe schoolchildren? By Fredrick Nwabufo

      Farmers

      NAVSA: Creating A Viable Smart Agriculture For Nigerian Farmers By Mubarak…

      Kankara, Kagara and Our Faulty Internal Security Operations Mechanism

      Where I’m headed after NOUN – Ex-VC Adamu

  • State
    • Gov Abdulrahaman abdulrazak of Kwara

      Kwara imposes curfew on Offa, Erinle

      NAF Commandos

      Air Troops Conduct Reconnaissance in Kaduna LGAs as Bandits Kill 6…

      Bandits in violence terrorism

      Jangebe School Girls Regain Freedom in Zamfara amidst conflicting Information

      Ganduje Kano Governor

      Why Ganduje Sacked Media Aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai

      Dikko’s Reforms Enhanced Revenue Generation for Customs–Kanwan Katsina, Alh. Bello

  • Event
    • APC Registration: Blueprint Publisher Mohd Idris Registers at Malagi Polling Unit

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

      Mal Sule Yau Sule, Yushau Shuaib, Mal Yusuf Alli and Rahma Oladosu at IMPR Retreat

      IMPR Grants Cash Prizes for Young Editors, PR Managers

      Musu Sawo Emerges 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year

      Prof. AA Gwarzo: A Philanthropic Scholar @ 43  By Adnan Mukhtar…

Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • EFCC Arraigns Dutch-Nigeria Couple, Company for $330,000 Oil Vessel Fraud  

      EFCC

      Oyo-Ita’s Trial: Judge Accuses EFCC of shopping for Favorably Judgment

      EFCC

      Convicted Abeokuta Yahoo Boys to Refund $ 6,100 to Victims

      ICPC

      ICPC Recovers $919,207 from Court Staff

      Bawa Scales Senate Hurdle, States Vision for the EFCC

  • Government
    • Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami

      FG Approves Establishment of SIM Swap Centres by MNOs, Extension of…

      President Muhammadu Buhari

      Buhari Seeks Senate Confirmation of Shaba as NASRDA DG

      President Muhammad Buhari

      Buhari Declares Zamfara a no-fly-zone, Bans Mining Activities

      NSA Babagana Monguno with Service Chiefs at Office of National Security Adviser ONSANSA

      Senate Confirms Service Chiefs’ Appointment as Buhari Host Security Council Meeting

      Brig General Ibrahim Shuaibu, NYSC Boss

      NYSC Decries Inadequate Funding of Skill Acquisition Programmes

  • Economy
    • imported rice

      Nigeria Customs Service Raises Alarm over Massive Foreign Rice Smuggling

      Wesley Edirin

      NCBN Boss, Jerry Wesley Edirin, Dies in Abuja Health Facility

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

      imported rice

      Renewed Smuggling Threatens 13m jobs- RIPAN

      Accountant General Defies Court, Minister’s Order on Payment of 5 Year…

  • National
    • PR Expert Advocates Law for Practice of Lobbying in Nigeria

      CISLAC Musa Rafsanjani

      CISLAC Calls for Transparency in COVID-19 Vaccination in Nigeria

      Media

      Network of Health Journalists Elect New EXCOs

      GCI Ranks Nigeria’s Image Merchants Most Creative PR Agency Worldwide

      Brig General Ibrahim Shuaibu, NYSC Boss

      NYSC Decries Inadequate Funding of Skill Acquisition Programmes

  • Security
    • Borno Governor appoints Retired Army General from Kwara as Security Adviser 

      FRSC-Boss-Boboye-Oyeyemi

      FRSC Seeks Supports of World Bank on Capacity Building

      Gov Abdulrahaman abdulrazak of Kwara

      Kwara imposes curfew on Offa, Erinle

      Buhari Commissions Immigration Data Communication Control Centre

      Brigadier General Mohammed M Yerima, Nigerian Army Spokesperson

      Troops Desertion: Nigerian Army Reacts to Media Reports

  • Features
    • In defense of Salihu Tanko Yakasai By Dr. Sule Ya’u Sule

      Armed Bandits Kidnappers

      Nigeria failed Kagara and Jangebe schoolchildren? By Fredrick Nwabufo

      Farmers

      NAVSA: Creating A Viable Smart Agriculture For Nigerian Farmers By Mubarak…

      Kankara, Kagara and Our Faulty Internal Security Operations Mechanism

      Where I’m headed after NOUN – Ex-VC Adamu

  • State
    • Gov Abdulrahaman abdulrazak of Kwara

      Kwara imposes curfew on Offa, Erinle

      NAF Commandos

      Air Troops Conduct Reconnaissance in Kaduna LGAs as Bandits Kill 6…

      Bandits in violence terrorism

      Jangebe School Girls Regain Freedom in Zamfara amidst conflicting Information

      Ganduje Kano Governor

      Why Ganduje Sacked Media Aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai

      Dikko’s Reforms Enhanced Revenue Generation for Customs–Kanwan Katsina, Alh. Bello

  • Event
    • APC Registration: Blueprint Publisher Mohd Idris Registers at Malagi Polling Unit

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

      Mal Sule Yau Sule, Yushau Shuaib, Mal Yusuf Alli and Rahma Oladosu at IMPR Retreat

      IMPR Grants Cash Prizes for Young Editors, PR Managers

      Musu Sawo Emerges 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year

      Prof. AA Gwarzo: A Philanthropic Scholar @ 43  By Adnan Mukhtar…

Home Anti-Corruption How Suspects Milked Kwara Bursary without Beneficiaries- EFCC Witness  
  • Anti-Corruption

How Suspects Milked Kwara Bursary without Beneficiaries- EFCC Witness  

By
Wilson Uwujaren
-
January 26, 2021

How Suspects Milked Kwara Bursary without Beneficiaries- EFCC Witness

Trial in the alleged mismanagement of scholarship funds to the tune of N100million involving the immediate past chairperson of Kwara State Scholarship Board, Hajia Fatimoh Yusuf and two other principal officers of the Board resumed on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 with a prosecution witness, Lawal Abdulwahab, telling Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin that, he never saw the list of the beneficiaries of the 2018 bursary allowances.

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Hajia Yusuf, alongside the Executive Secretary of the Board, Fatai Lamidi and its Accountant, Ajewole Stephen, on a seven count charge bordering on stealing and fraudulent diversion of public funds.

The three officers of the Board allegedly diverted state funds to the tune of N100million earmarked by government of the Kwara State in 2017 and 2018 for payment of bursary allowances to students of the state in various tertiary institutions.
Testifying, Abdulwahab stated that his bank was commissioned to be in charge of payment of the allowances to respective beneficiaries of the scheme, but was never provided with the list.
Abdulwahab, who was the Head of Operations in a new generation bank testified as PW 8.
He said: “My Lord, sometime in 2018, the management of the Scholarship Board approached our bank for cheque discounting in the payment of bursary allowances to students of Kwara origin studying in various tertiary institutions. The bank managing director and I held a meeting with the management of Scholarship Board where we agreed to charge the sum of N100 (one hundred naira) from each of the cheque as interest. We were to pay cash of N5, 000 (five thousand naira only) to ten thousand Students.
The PW8 told the court that officials of the bank followed personnel of the Board to Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, but had what he described as ‘terrible experience’.
According to him, the place was rowdy and insecure. Abdulwahab stated that a report of what happened was forwarded to the bank following which the bank threatened to back out, a decision he said led to another arrangement of providing cash without the officials of the bank following them to field.
Testifying further, the witness narrated how the bank provided cash of N5, 000 to ten thousand students and how the Scholarship Board’s management issued them cheque in return. He told the court that the cheques were not forged.
Under cross-examination, Abdulwahab insisted that he neither sighted the list of beneficiaries at the Office of the Kwara State Scholarship Board nor at the EFCC where he was invited to give statement on the matter.
The witness stated that all that transpired between his bank and the management of the Kwara State Scholarship Board were normal banking standards, which followed the due process.
The prosecution witness further stressed the fact that his bank’s cash officials no longer followed personnel of the Scholarship Board to the field after that experience at LAUTECH, for security reasons.
After his testimonies, Justice Oyinloye discharged the witness and adjourned till February 17, 2021 for further hearing.

Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
26 January, 2021
………………..

EFCC Presents More Witnesses Against Ex-minister, Turaki
Two witnesses of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 testified in the ongoing trial of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, a former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, his special assistant and two companies.

The witnesses, Erijitonah Good, a customer service manager at First City Monument Bank and Umar Abba Tilde, a compliance officer from Zenith Bank testified as PW 10 and P11 respectively.
Led in evidence by Farouk Abdullah, Good who brought documents relating to inflows and expenditure pertaining to some accounts told the court that “sometime in November 2019 we got a mail from EFCC requesting for account opening package , account statement of some customers in the bank which we complied with and forwarded to the EFCC”.

The document entitled ‘re-investigation activities’ alongside the account opening package and account statement were tendered and admitted in evidence.

During cross examination, Good told the court that he does not know the source or purpose of payment in the account.
The second witness Tilde , in his testimony,  disclosed that “sometimes last year, there was a letter  from EFCC requesting for some documents regarding some of our customers and as custodian of the documents, we complied with and submitted account opening package of one Abdullahi Bagudu , account statements, and BVN links to the EFCC”
The documents were also tendered and admitted as exhibits.

The trial has been adjourned to January 27 2021 for continuation of trial.
Turaki, his special assistant Sampson Okpetu and two companies: Samtee Essentials Limited and Pasco Investment Limited in 2020 are standing trial before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja on a 16 count charge of  fraud to the tune of N714, 670, 014.87 (Seven Hundred and Fourteen Million Six Hundred and Seventy Thousand and Fourteen Naira)

Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
26 January, 2021

  • TAGS
  • Bursary
  • Fatimoh Yusuf
  • Lawal Abdulwahab
Previous articleCaution Necessary in Tackling Insecurity-  Makarfi
Next articleProfile of New Naval Chief Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo
Wilson Uwujaren

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Borno Governor appoints Retired Army General from Kwara as Security Adviser 

Brigadier General Mohammed M Yerima, Nigerian Army Spokesperson

Troops Desertion: Nigerian Army Reacts to Media Reports

PR Expert Advocates Law for Practice of Lobbying in Nigeria

Nigerian Troops at Marte and Sambisa Axis in March 2021

Again, Troops Engage Boko Haram at Marte Village, Rescue 28 locals in Sambisa

police

Operative Injured as FCT Police Rescue Kidnapped Victim

CISLAC Musa Rafsanjani

CISLAC Calls for Transparency in COVID-19 Vaccination in Nigeria

EFCC Arraigns Dutch-Nigeria Couple, Company for $330,000 Oil Vessel Fraud  

EFCC

Oyo-Ita’s Trial: Judge Accuses EFCC of shopping for Favorably Judgment

FCT Police Repel School Robbers, Recover Millions of Counterfeit Naira Notes

Police Special Force

Niger Police Recover Weapons from Bandits, Fault Reports on Fresh Abduction of 50 Passengers

Humanitarian Workers Rescued by Troops

DIKWA: Nigerian Troops Move 26 Humanitarian Workers to Maiduguri After Dislodging Terrorists

Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami

FG Approves Establishment of SIM Swap Centres by MNOs, Extension of Enrolment Licence Tenure

SEMA
NAHCONNAHCON Tour Operators: Registration/Application for Airlift of Pilgrims for 2020 Hajj

Book on Sales: Boko Haram Media War: An Encounter with the Spymaster

boko haram

Click Here:To Order Now!

  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • EFCC Arraigns Dutch-Nigeria Couple, Company for $330,000 Oil Vessel Fraud  

      EFCC

      Oyo-Ita’s Trial: Judge Accuses EFCC of shopping for Favorably Judgment

      EFCC

      Convicted Abeokuta Yahoo Boys to Refund $ 6,100 to Victims

      ICPC

      ICPC Recovers $919,207 from Court Staff

      Bawa Scales Senate Hurdle, States Vision for the EFCC

  • Government
    • Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami

      FG Approves Establishment of SIM Swap Centres by MNOs, Extension of…

      President Muhammadu Buhari

      Buhari Seeks Senate Confirmation of Shaba as NASRDA DG

      President Muhammad Buhari

      Buhari Declares Zamfara a no-fly-zone, Bans Mining Activities

      NSA Babagana Monguno with Service Chiefs at Office of National Security Adviser ONSANSA

      Senate Confirms Service Chiefs’ Appointment as Buhari Host Security Council Meeting

      Brig General Ibrahim Shuaibu, NYSC Boss

      NYSC Decries Inadequate Funding of Skill Acquisition Programmes

  • Economy
    • imported rice

      Nigeria Customs Service Raises Alarm over Massive Foreign Rice Smuggling

      Wesley Edirin

      NCBN Boss, Jerry Wesley Edirin, Dies in Abuja Health Facility

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

      imported rice

      Renewed Smuggling Threatens 13m jobs- RIPAN

      Accountant General Defies Court, Minister’s Order on Payment of 5 Year…

  • National
    • PR Expert Advocates Law for Practice of Lobbying in Nigeria

      CISLAC Musa Rafsanjani

      CISLAC Calls for Transparency in COVID-19 Vaccination in Nigeria

      Media

      Network of Health Journalists Elect New EXCOs

      GCI Ranks Nigeria’s Image Merchants Most Creative PR Agency Worldwide

      Brig General Ibrahim Shuaibu, NYSC Boss

      NYSC Decries Inadequate Funding of Skill Acquisition Programmes

  • Security
    • Borno Governor appoints Retired Army General from Kwara as Security Adviser 

      FRSC-Boss-Boboye-Oyeyemi

      FRSC Seeks Supports of World Bank on Capacity Building

      Gov Abdulrahaman abdulrazak of Kwara

      Kwara imposes curfew on Offa, Erinle

      Buhari Commissions Immigration Data Communication Control Centre

      Brigadier General Mohammed M Yerima, Nigerian Army Spokesperson

      Troops Desertion: Nigerian Army Reacts to Media Reports

  • Features
    • In defense of Salihu Tanko Yakasai By Dr. Sule Ya’u Sule

      Armed Bandits Kidnappers

      Nigeria failed Kagara and Jangebe schoolchildren? By Fredrick Nwabufo

      Farmers

      NAVSA: Creating A Viable Smart Agriculture For Nigerian Farmers By Mubarak…

      Kankara, Kagara and Our Faulty Internal Security Operations Mechanism

      Where I’m headed after NOUN – Ex-VC Adamu

  • State
    • Gov Abdulrahaman abdulrazak of Kwara

      Kwara imposes curfew on Offa, Erinle

      NAF Commandos

      Air Troops Conduct Reconnaissance in Kaduna LGAs as Bandits Kill 6…

      Bandits in violence terrorism

      Jangebe School Girls Regain Freedom in Zamfara amidst conflicting Information

      Ganduje Kano Governor

      Why Ganduje Sacked Media Aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai

      Dikko’s Reforms Enhanced Revenue Generation for Customs–Kanwan Katsina, Alh. Bello

  • Event
    • APC Registration: Blueprint Publisher Mohd Idris Registers at Malagi Polling Unit

      Himma Bata ga rago

      Exploring Resources for Socio-Economic Development of Jigawa North-East Senatorial Zone

      Mal Sule Yau Sule, Yushau Shuaib, Mal Yusuf Alli and Rahma Oladosu at IMPR Retreat

      IMPR Grants Cash Prizes for Young Editors, PR Managers

      Musu Sawo Emerges 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year

      Prof. AA Gwarzo: A Philanthropic Scholar @ 43  By Adnan Mukhtar…

© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.