Ghost Workers: Nigerian govt charges nine suspects
November 1, 2017
Bassey Udo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday arraigned nine suspects for allegedly being responsible for several ghost workers on the payroll of the federal government.

The suspects include Usman Dayo, Osuntope Opeyemi, Johnson Adedokun, Ojeido Sylvanus, Oyebode Ayodeji, Florence Dada, Olaolu Dada, Blessing Ejeh and Aderibigbe Taiwo.

Many of the suspects are civil servants from government agencies like the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources; Environment Ministry and the Federal Civil Service Commission, FCSC.

The federal government has repeatedly said it lost billions of naira to ghost workers and has removed thousands of them from its payroll.
The suspects were charged for allegedly creating and inserting various fictitious names in the payroll of the federal government for salaries and allowances without official consent, thereby causing the loss of several millions of Naira.

The offence is said be in contravention of Section 289 of the Criminal Act.

They were arraigned before Justice U. P. Kekemeke of Court 14, Federal High Court, Apo, Abuja.
When the charges against them were read out, all the nine suspects pleaded not guilty.
Investigators from the anti-graft agency said in the course of investigations, one of the suspects was found to own and operate about 200 personal accounts with different banks in Abuja.

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Jail them.

Corruption is deeply rooted in our Pysche,and all is guilty of this.

200 personal accounts?

Why that mumu for native come dey hide him face from camera man


When you dey do the time you no know say you fit do the time too shey?


Lengthy prison term fall on you dia.


Though I must say this ghostworker issue reaches the highest levels of government. Even the banks sef dey chop, the ministers, perm secs, accountants; it involves virtually a better part of the 'ogas at the top'.

That means there are nine vacancies in federal civil service now.
Hear of service please can I submit my cv?
Those slots need to be occupied Na.Dont give it out to politicians kids or use man know man format please

Hope buhari is among them.

Modelqwen:






Hope buhari is among them.

You think little of your President, maka why?

BUHARI TO ME IS A GHOST WORKER.

clevvermind:
BUHARI TO ME IS A GHOST WORKER.

You know that is not true..

So many civil servants were into this economic crime, from DFAs, Head of salary to, IPPIS desk officers, Directors of Admin. etc, if not for BVN, they wouldn't have been caught, I can say without contradiction that there're still hundreds of fictitious names on the payroll of the Federal Government, it can only take sincere head count verification of Civil Servants to nip it in the bud, or reduce it to the bearest minimum!