The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has filed an 18-count charge of corruption against the former Governor of Zamfara, Ahmed Sanni over allegations that he corruptly enriched himself by spending funds above and beyond amounts allowed by law. Mr. Ahmed, now a senator is expected to be arraigned today.

Below is a text of the charges filed at the high court at Gusau, Zamfara state.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ZAMFARA STATE

HOLDEN AT GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE

CHARGE NO:

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA-----------------COMPLAINANT

Vs

AHMED RUFAI SANI ]
ALHAJI HASHIM A. DIKKO ]
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT LTD ]----DEFENDANTS
HAD NIGERIA LTD ]

Count 1

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November, 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N 1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and settlement of the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N20,000,000 (twenty million naira) purportedly on assistance to INEC and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 2

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N10,000,000 (ten million naira) purportedly on donation and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 3

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N43,008,000 (forty three million and eight thousand naira) purportedly on surveillance of guests and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 4

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N 1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N21,450,000 (twenty-one million four hundred and fifty thousand naira) purportedly on settlement of publication equipment and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 5

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N 1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N64,332,734 (sixty four million three hundred and thirty two thousand seven hundred and thirty four naira) purportedly on sponsorship of government officials to hajj and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 6

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N 1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N32,646,286 (thirty two million six hundred and forty six thousand two hundred and eighty six naira) purportedly on settlement of accommodation and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 7

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N 1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N15,800,000 (fifteen million eight hundred thousand naira) purportedly on furniture allowance and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 8

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N 1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N29,200,000 (twenty nine million two hundred thousand naira) purportedly on purchase of 2000 Nanfang motor cycles and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 9

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N23,859,692 (twenty three million, eight hundred and fifty nine thousand, six hundred and ninety two naira) purportedly on payment to automobile company and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000

Count 10

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N14,000,000 (fourteen million naira) purportedly on payment of auditing of account and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 11

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N14,170,000 (fourteen million one hundred and seventy thousand naira) purportedly on ramadan feeding and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 12

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N14,530,000 (fourteen million five hundred and thirty thousand naira) purportedly on purchase of four 406 Peugeot and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 13

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N1,000, 000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N36,000,000 (thirty six million naira) purportedly on settlement of leave grant for teachers and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 14

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N 1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N46, 591,692.24, (forty six million, five hundred and ninety one thousand, six hundred and ninety two naira, twenty four kobo) purportedly on school feeding and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

Count 15

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about February 2007 at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State did make a statement vide a letter dated 6th February 2007 captioned “ OFFER FOR SALE OF EXCESS GRAINS” to the President Federal Republic of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in the course of the exercise of the duty of his office that Zamfara State Government had stock of about 100,000 metric tones of assorted grains in silos and stores out of which 50, 000 metric tons could be sold to the Federal Government of Nigeria which was to your knowledge false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 22 (1) (a) and punishable under section 68 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000


Count 16

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about May 2007 at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court used your position as the Governor of Zamfara State to confer corrupt advantage upon your associate to wit: awarding consultancy services to Development Management System Ltd for the supply of 50, 000 metric tons (200,000 bags) of grains by Zamfara State Government to the Federal Government with the agreement to pay 10 % i.e. N161million of the total cost of N1,610,000,000 (one billion, six hundred and ten million naira) to Development Management Ltd as consultancy fee but for which only 9,181.89 metric tons (91, 818 bags) were supplied and for which you paid Development Management Ltd N91,840,000 (ninety one million, eight hundred and forty thousand naira) whereas Development Management Ltd was entitled only to N29,565,685.80 (twenty nine million, five hundred and sixty five thousand, six hundred and eighty five naira eighty kobo) thus overpaid her the sum of N62, 274,315 (sixty two million, two hundred and seventy four thousand, three hundred and fifteen naira) and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000

Count 17

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani, Alhaji Hashim A. Dikko and Development Management Ltd on or about May 2007 at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did conspire to commit an offence of using office for gratification to wit: Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about May 2007 used his position as the Governor of Zamfara State to award consultancy services to Development Management System Ltd for the supply of 50, 000 metric tons (200,000 bags) of grains by Zamfara State Government to the Federal Government with the agreement to pay 10 % i.e. N161million of the total cost of N1,610,000,000 (one billion, six hundred and ten million naira) to Development Management Ltd as consultancy fee but for which only 9,181.89 metric tons (91, 818 bags) were supplied and for which Development Management Ltd was paid N91,840,000 (ninety one million, eight hundred and forty thousand naira whereas Development Management Ltd was entitled only to N29,565,685.80 (twenty nine million, five hundred and sixty five thousand, six hundred and eighty five naira eighty kobo) thus overpaid her the sum of N62, 274,315 (sixty two million, two hundred and seventy four thousand, three hundred and fifteen naira) and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 26 (c ) and punishable under section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000

Count 18

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about April 2007 at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court used your position as the Governor of Zamfara State to confer a corrupt advantage upon your associate to wit: awarding contract for the transportation of 50, 000 metric tons of grains (200,000 bags) to HAD Nigeria Ltd to be supplied by Zamfara State to the Federal Government at the total cost of N1,610,000,000 (one billion, six hundred and ten million naira) with the agreement to pay N444, 040,000 (four hundred and forty four million, forty thousand naira) to HAD Nigeria Ltd as contract sum but for which only 9, 181.89 metric tons (91,181 bags) were transported and for which HAD Nigeria Ltd was paid N98 million (ninety eight million naira) whereas she was entitled only to N81,042 525 (eighty one million forty two thousand five hundred and twenty five naira) thus overpaid her the sum of N16, 957,472 (sixteen million, nine hundred and fifty nine thousand four hundred and seventy two naira) and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000


Count 19

That you Ahmed Rufai Sani and HAD Nigeria Ltd on or about April 2007 at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did conspire to commit an offence of using office for gratification to wit: Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about April 2007 used his position as the Governor of Zamfara State at Gusau, Zamfara State to award a contract for the transportation of 50, 000 metric tons of grains (200,000 bags) to HAD Nigeria Ltd to be supplied by Zamfara State to the Federal Government at the total cost of N1,610,000,000 (one billion, six hundred and ten million naira) with the agreement to pay N444, 040,000 (four hundred and forty four million, forty thousand naira) to HAD Nigeria Ltd as contract sum but for which only 9, 181.89 metric tons (91,181 bags) were transported and for which HAD Nigeria Ltd was paid N98 million (ninety eight million naira) whereas she was entitled only to N81,042 525 (eighty one million, forty two thousand five hundred and twenty five naira) thus overpaid her the sum of N16, 957,472 (sixteen million, nine hundred and fifty nine thousand, four hundred and seventy two naira) and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 26 (c) and punishable under section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000



Lalasticlala you can Read the entire article here

http://saharareporters.com/2016/01/20/icpc-arraigns-former-sharia-governor-senator-ahmed-sani-yerima-over-corruption

this article na story book o
any ways so icpc still dey alive
toor

DATED DAY OF 2015

A.I RAHEEM ESQ

KALU JOSEPH UGBO

ICPC HQ, ABUJA

FOR: ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION

FOR SERVICE ON:

The Defendants

O/c ICPC investigators

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ZAMFARA STATE

HOLDEN AT GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE

CHARGE NO:

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA------------COMPLAINANT

Vs

AHMED RUFAI SANI ]
ALHAJI ISHAM DIKKO ]
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT LTD ]----DEFENDANTS PERSONS
HAD NIGERIA LTD

PROOF OF EVIDENCE

1.ENG LAWAL JIBRIL to state as follows: He will give brief history of himself. He will say that he was the Special Assistant ( SA) Commodity from 2003 August to 2005 July. As the SA Commodity his schedule was to receive directives from the Governor on commodity and advice appropriately. The commodity board received and released grains whenever directed by an appointed committee. The board also made payments to the suppliers when grains are sold and coordinated the sale when grains are sold to others. He will say that on February 2007, the government of Zamfara State agreed to sell 50,000 metric tons of assorted grains at the total cost of N1.6billion. The transaction was sealed after the approval of the State and Federal Executive Council. A consultant has to be appointed because of the need to supervise the scattered grains at the various locations, the transportation of large quantity up and down, the process of payment from the federal government and quantification at the grain silos at different location. A company was mandated by the state government to do the job at an approved rate of 10% of total cost of the 50,000 metric tons. The locations as approved by the Federal Government for the delivery are Akure 10,000 metric tons, Ogoja 10,000 metric tons, Jos 5,000metric tons and few others. After payment the job was started by the consultant and the transporter who was appointed by the consultant with the approval of the state government at marked cost of truck. During his stay as the SA to the Governor a total quantity of grains was transported in bags by the consultant and transporter to the various locations thus: maize=13,680 bags, sorghum =72,980 bags, totaling =86,660 bags with 2751/2 loads of trucks which started during his tenure 26/5/2007-10/7/2007. He handed over to his successors Alhaj Ibrahim Mohd, the permanent secretary and Alh Salisu Bawa the SA to the Governor on 9/7/2007. A payment for the consultant and transporter was made as approved by the FG & PC. The sum of N112, 700,000 part payment was paid to the consultant while N100, 000,000 was paid to the transporter. The total contract sum for the consultant was N161million that of the transporter was N440, 000 of the total quantity of the grains 50,000 metric tons. He will say that the commodity board recommended the payment of the 50% of the total contract sum but the FG & PC approved more than that for the consultant. He will say further that 10 bags of 100kg bag is equal to one metric tones. Therefore 50,000 metric tones is equal to 500,000 bags. In his hand over note a total sum of 86,660 bags of assorted grains was transported to the grain silos at different locations

He will say that one car, Honda was attached to him and after the termination of appointment, the car was asked to be taken to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja. He will further evidence of what he knows about this case.

2. BELLO SANI JABAKA to state as follows: He was the Deputy Accountant General from 2003-2007, Accountant General Zamfara State from 2007 to 2009 and Permanent Secretary from 2009 and posted to Ministry of Lands and Survey Zamfara State. He will give brief summary of his schedules. He will say that a loan of N600million was sourced from Bank PHB Gusau to facilitate sales of grains to Federal Government around April/May 2007. A payment order of about 3-4 months was issued on UBA Plc to Bank PHB. The issuance of the irrevocable order (ISPO) plus lodgments of proceeds from the sale of grains into the Accountant General’s account with Bank PHB served as guarantee for the loan. The offer of the loan was addressed to Honourable Commissioner Ministry of Finance informing him of loan approval and other terms attached to the loan. He will say that the purpose of obtaining the loan was to facilitate the sales of grains to the Federal Government. Disbursement was made to the commodity board for the purchase of vehicles and other related activities and at the ministry, payment was made to the consultant engaged in the sales. The remaining amount was also utilized in other payments outside the purpose. He will say that signatories to accountant general’s account include Isiyaku Mohammed Zurmi, Permanent Secretary, Bello Sani Jabaka, Accountant-General and Aminu Nabanga, Deputy Accountant-General and Sanusi Garba Rikiji who signs schedules of payment. However in his absence the PS signs on his behalf. He will say that the N600million loan sourced from the Bank PHB was utilized as follows: 1. N250million was paid to Italco Builders for the purpose of restoration of Gusau Barrage that broke down in 2006. 2. N100million was paid to the Permanent Secretary, Directorate of Commodity Board for the purpose of grains transportation from the 14 local government areas in the State. 3. N30million was also paid to the Permanent Secretary Commodity Board for the purpose of vehicles for the monitoring and transportation of grains. 4. N91.84 million was paid to Messers Development Management –a consultant engaged for the sale of the grains to the Federal Government. 5. N11.2million was deducted and paid as withholding tax to the Federal Inland Revenue Service.6. N5.60million was deducted and paid as V.A.T . N1.2 million was deducted and paid to Accountant-General’s account as Education tax. 7. N1.2 million was deducted as 1% levy and paid to Zamfara State agency for poverty alleviation (ZAPA) 9. N1.12m was paid as 1% levy and paid to Zakat Board as alms 10. N110milliom was paid to Permanent Secretary Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs for onward extension as loans to the local government employees to be administered by Nigerian Union of local government employees of the state (NULGE). Repayment of this loan is normally realized from the beneficiaries’ monthly salaries and remitted to the Ministry of Finance. The witness will also give evidence on the N1billion the House approved for the repair of the dam and how part of it was diverted. He will give more evidence where necessary.

4. MOHAMMED MUJTABA ISAH to state as follows: He will give brief background of himself. He will say that in 2005 he was the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Science and Technology and Technical Education. In 2006 he was posted to Zamfara State Liaison Office Abuja as Permanent Secretary. In February 2008 after the completion of his course at kuru, he was posted to the Ministry of Finance as Permanent Secretary, the position he holds till date. He will say that as the PS he is Chief Accounting Officer in charge of payment due to the contractors, ministries and parastatals. He is also in charge of personnel matters in the ministries with regards to promotion, discipline etc.

He will say that the process of awarding contract starts with the ministry that proposes the project based on budgetary provision. Such proposal will go to the FG & PC for consideration. The FG & PC then recommends the award of the contract to any company or individual to the Governor for approval. If such contract is approved, the FG &PC will issue a contract notification to the company. The contractor will them go to the Ministry of Justice for contract agreement which will be signed by the contractor and the Commissioner in charge of the Ministry that proposed the contract. Thereafter the document will be forwarded to the Ministry of Finance for payment of mobilization fee. Subsequently payment will be based on certification of work done by contractor which will be issued by the client Ministry. Membership of FG & PC include the Deputy-Governor who sits as the Chairman, members include Commissioners for Health, Finance, Agriculture. The Secretary of the Committee who signs all notifications of contract is the Permanent Secretary FG & PC. He will say that the FG & PC has an advisory committee that usually vet all submissions of bills of quantities of would be contractors. The name of the Permanent Secretary of the FG & PC is Ahmad Abdulnasir. Contracts awarded to individuals in their own names are usually as a result of decisions taken at the FG & PC. He is of the opinion that this is done because most of the contractors have not registered any company with CAC. He will say that it will become advantageous because such contract will yield necessary withholding tax into State government. He will say that it is wrong to award contract to individuals names because beneficiary companies are usually well known and could be traced out when the needs arises. That is why contract are seldom awarded to individuals in their own names as against registered company’s names. This has been long practice since the creation of the State in 1996. He will say it is difficult to stop despite his verbal advice as the PS Ministry of Finance.

5. AHMED ABDUL NASIR to state as follows: In 2007 he was posted to the government house and in 2008 he became the Secretary of the FG & PC. He will state schedules of his duty. He will say that one of the guidelines for issuing contracts is that if after the approval of the Governor, the amount is over N50million, the recommendation has to reach the Executive Council. It is after that the contract notification would be issued. The committee awarded contracts to both the individuals and companies.

complete article on http://saharareporters.com/2016/01/20/icpc-arraigns-former-sharia-governor-senator-ahmed-sani-yerima-over-corruption

You see...