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Anti-corruption War Begins • ICPC Seizes 24 Property From Three Civil Servants by Nobody: 11:38am On Aug 16, 2015 |
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Related
Offences Tribunal has commenced a clampdown on
very wealthy civil servants.
Already, the agency has seized 24 property and several
cars from three civil servants with one of them having
18 property.
A document obtained from the Office of the Chairman
of the ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta, with the title ‘Notice of
Seizure of Movable and Immovable Properties Pursuant
to Section 45 (4) a – (b) of the Corrupt Practices and
other Related Offences Ac 2000, revealed that the
commission seized the property from three officials of
the Ministry of Niger Delta.
It stated that the property was seized because they
were “excessive of the emoluments of the affected
officers.”
Although the document, dated August 11, 2015, is
silent on the status of the officials, it was gathered
that the three officials are all principal account officers
of the ministry, which has been one of the focuses of
investigations by the ICPC in recent times.
The Niger Delta ministry officers listed in the document
are Poloma Kabiru Nuhu, Mangset Longyl Dickson and
Daniel Obah.
The ICPC boss said the decision to seize the property
would be served on the appropriate Land Registries
and Departments in all the states where the property
are situated.
He stated, “The commission is investigating a matter
involving some staff (members) of the Niger Delta
Ministry, with certain movable and immovable property
owned by the said staff.
“The commission is of the opinion based on the
aforementioned investigation that these movable and
immovable property owned by these people who are
staff of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs are
excessive, having regards to their present emoluments
and all other relevant circumstances. The commission
hereby notifies the entire public that all movable and
immovable properties owned by these staff (members)
and listed hereunder are seized.”
According to the ICPC boss, one of the officers, Nuhu,
has 10 hectares of land, covered by Right of
Occupancy at Kuje valued at N50m.
It was stated that the same officer has an
uncompleted duplex at Diamond Estate, Apo, Abuja,
that is worth N90m.
Nta also said Nuhu has 16 plots of land which are all
covered by Certificate of Occupancy in different parts
of Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Another civil servant on the ICPC list, Dickson, is said
to have a plot of land at Kubwa District, Cadastral
Zone, Abuja. The property is valued at N7m.
The third official, Obah, is said to own different plots
of land in Abuja and Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Nta said Obah has a four-bedroom duplex at Karsana
South District, Abuja, valued at N60m.
He is also said to have a plot of land at Ozuoba, Port
Harcourt, Rivers State.
Other plots of land said to belong to Obah are located
in Umuodili Odubo Community in Rivers that is worth
N16.5m; Olipobo Rumuekini Layout, Obio Akpor Local
Government Area valued at N18m and another plot at
Livingstone Estate Umuogodo, Igbo Etche in Obio Akpor
Local Government of the Rivers State.
The PUNCH had exclusively reported on July 30 that the
Federal Government’s anti-corruption operatives had
been sent after ‘super rich’ public officers who had
multiple property and other assets suspected to have
been the rewards of graft.
According to the report, the searchlight of the anti-
corruption agents was on civil servants that possess
questionable property in the Federal Capital Territory.
It was
also
reported
that
operatives in the Assets Tracing, Recovery and
Management Unit of the ICPC had been asked to haul
in suspects for interrogation and recovery of ill-gotten
assets in their possession.
The ICPC was reported to have strengthened the
ATRMU by posting more personnel to the unit to
ensure the success of its campaign.
On Wednesday, the Auditor-General of the Federation,
Mr. Samuel Ukura, had recommended the recovery of
about N183bn being funds meant for the development
of Niger Delta but which was allegedly diverted for
other purposes.
Ukura, who stated this in three special audit reports to
the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Salisu
Maikasuwa, explained that the amount was discovered
in the periodic checks carried out by his office on the
activities and programmes of the Niger Delta
Development Commission between 2008 and 2012.
According to him, N70.4bn was paid as mobilisation to
various contractors who never reported to site, while
N90.4bn was the extra-budgetary expenditure for heads
and sub-heads without approval by the legal
authorities.
He also said N10bn was tax deductions without
evidence of remittance to the Federal Inland Revenue
Service; N5.8bn was payment to contractors for
projects not executed, stalled or abandoned, while
N1.2bn was undeducted taxes from contractors.
Ukura added that N3.1bn was transfer made to
unauthorised accounts; N1.7bn was staff outstanding
staff advances which were never accounted for and
N785m out of N1.1bn meant for the supply of furniture
to various schools in Delta State was diverted.
He explained that the funds for the furniture supply
was certified paid whereas inspection carried out by
the Auditor-General’s office revealed that no single
chair was distributed during the period under review. |
Re: Anti-corruption War Begins • ICPC Seizes 24 Property From Three Civil Servants by Nobody: 11:39am On Aug 16, 2015 |
MASU GUDU SU GUDU
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Re: Anti-corruption War Begins • ICPC Seizes 24 Property From Three Civil Servants by INTROVERT(f): 11:41am On Aug 16, 2015 |
They should carry on |
Re: Anti-corruption War Begins • ICPC Seizes 24 Property From Three Civil Servants by senier007(m): 11:49am On Aug 16, 2015 |
Slow and steady with positive result is all what we ask for, imagine a common accountant owing all this property what will happen to those at the top?
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Re: Anti-corruption War Begins • ICPC Seizes 24 Property From Three Civil Servants by Nobody: 12:13pm On Aug 16, 2015 |
senier007: |
Re: Anti-corruption War Begins • ICPC Seizes 24 Property From Three Civil Servants by levelszik(m): 12:15pm On Aug 16, 2015 |
Where is your source and mallam spices? |
Re: Anti-corruption War Begins • ICPC Seizes 24 Property From Three Civil Servants by kokoA(m): 12:15pm On Aug 16, 2015 |
Sai Baba! Mansugudu sugudu |
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