THE ongoing probe of the past administration by
President Muhammadu Buhari has indicted his
predecessor, President Goodluck Jonathan, and
two of his former officials, over an alleged
purchase of three mobile stages to the tune of
$6.9million, a Presidency source has said.

The fund was said to have been withdrawn from one of the numerous accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

According to a document emanating from the
presidency on Saturday, the deal, which had become subject of investigation, was allegedly carried out among Jonathan; his Chief Security Officer, Mr. Gordon Obuah; and former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, Punch reports.

The $6.9 million was said to have been withdrawn
for the purpose of buying three units of 40-foot
mobile stages for use by Jonathan during mass
public speaking events.

According to the document, apart from the fact that
the sum for the stages were “incredibly inflated,”
there was currently no evidence that the stages were bought since the money was withdrawn.

“While the cost of mobile stages range in size and
designs, only outlandish rock star musicians in
Europe and the United States spend hundreds of
thousands on their huge stages way bigger than the
40-feet stages.

“Even then, those musicians and superstars would
not pay over $2m per stage, according to industry
sources.

“The process of procurement of the three mobile
stages was neither known to extant Nigerian laws
and due process regulations, nor were the offices of
the Auditor-General and the Accountant-General in
the know, according to the investigators,” the
statement read in part.

It added that the phony purchase was carried out
late 2011, a few months after Jonathan won a
general election for a full term after having
completed the term of late President Umaru
Yar’Adua.

Jonathan’s CSO was said to have initiated a memo to
the former president on October 17, 2011, asking for the purchase of three mobile stages.

He was reported to have written in that memo to
Jonathan that the memo was regarding “regarding
my earlier discussion with Your Excellency on the
security implication of your public appearances and
your subsequent directive on the need to procure a
secured presidential platform.”

The Presidency source said on the same day,
without any financial advice or purchase order
reviews, the former President minuted an approval
of the request to buy the three stages to the then
Minister for Petroleum Resources.

In his minute, Jonathan was said to have written, “we have discussed this, please deal.”

According to the document, on the same October 17, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Administrative Matters, Mr. Matt Aikhionbere, did
another letter on the strength of the President’s
approval requesting the minister to take action on
the request to purchase the stages for $6.9m.

It added, “By the next month, an NNPC payment
voucher number 3840336 was already in place
revealing that the money was released.

“NNPC directed that the money be taken from one of its accounts in New York CITIBANK, with sort code CITIUS 33, and Routing number 021000089.

“It was first routed from the US bank to an NNPC
account in Zenith Bank, with account number
5000026593, Maitama branch in Abuja, from where
the money was sent to a private account.

“The sum of $6.9m was then credited to a Sterling
Bank account of one J. Marine Logistics Limited,
Abuja, a company, investigators say, was registered
by Obuah.

“The CSO himself, according to investigators, has not been able to show proof of the purchase and his memo irked his bosses at the SSS that he took the initiative to write requesting for the stages, an action which officials say was way above his pay grade.”

The document added that it was not the duty or
responsibility of the CSO to make the determination
on that purchase as he was meant to have informed
the service, which will then review the situation and
act accordingly.

It added that the $6.9million in question was
promptly paid on November 29, 2011, into a private
account belonging to the former CSO.

http://savinggracereporters.com/headline/jonathan-diezani-under-probe-over-6m-mobile-stages/

GEJ why

Nah dem try pass

If this is true , the tears and blood of the dead common men be upon their heads, Amen.

GEJ nd his co-thieves are all thieves










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