The Independent National Electoral Commission is set to suspend 100 of its officials this month over various amounts of money they allegedly collected from the N 23bn bribe fund facilitated by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources , Diezani Alison -Madueke , ahead of the 2015 general elections .
INEC confirmed to The PUNCH on Tuesday that it had received a report on the indicted staff from the investigations carried out by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
It was learnt that the electoral umpire had started reviewing the report and that those indicted in the report would go on suspension.
A source in INEC stated that those found culpable would receive their letters of suspension before the end of January .
A national commissioner, who confided in The PUNCH , said , “ We are working on the report submitted by the EFCC and before the end of the month, those involved would go on suspension . ”
The PUNCH had, a few months ago , reported that the commission had barred the indicted officials from participating in the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections as well as the Rivers State rerun polls.
The Deputy Director in charge of Voter Education and Publicity , Mr . Nick Dazang, in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents on Tuesday, confirmed that INEC had received the report on the indicted officials from the EFCC .
He stated that the commission would apply its conditions of service to the indicted staff.
Dazang explained that it was the responsibility of the indicted personnel to prove their innocence before the suspension could be lifted.
He said , “ The position of the commission is that we will apply the provisions of the INEC conditions of service which are the same as the public service rules as they apply to those who are indicted .
“ We will apply INEC’ s conditions of service . There is a condition of service which INEC has , which draws from the public service rules . When a member of staff is indicted , then the rules apply; which means that he would now be on suspension.
“ When he is placed on suspension , he has to prove his innocence . So that is how it works . ”
He said the Chairman of INEC , Prof. Mahmud Yakubu , received the report of the EFCC investigation into the alleged bribery shortly before the Christmas and New Year holidays .
Dazang did not give the details of the outcome of the report conducted by the anti - graft agency .
He added , “ What I know is that 100 staff are being investigated , and I think that before we went on vacation, the commission officially received the indictment report from the EFCC .
“ It was based on that that the INEC ’ s conditions of service will now apply to them .
Honestly , I don’ t have the exact figure ( of those indicted ) .
An EFCC operative told The PUNCH that some of the indicted officials had obtained injunctions from courts barring INEC from dismissing them .
It was , however , gathered that the court order would not stop the EFCC from prosecuting the indicted personnel.
The EFCC source stated , “ We heard that some of the electoral officers have gone to court to stop INEC from dismissing them . However , this cannot stop us from bringing criminal charges against them . ”
Sunday PUNCH had, on December 10, 2016, reported that the EFCC report contained the outcome of investigations in five geopolitical zones .
According to the Sunday PUNCH report , two houses and two plazas had been recovered from a former Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State during the 2015 elections , Gesila Khan, while her accounts had been frozen.
According to impeccable sources in the EFCC , Khan allegedly received N 185. 8m ahead of the March 28 and April 11, 2015 elections .
It was also reported that the EFCC had arrested one Fidelia Omoile, who was the INEC electoral officer in the Isoko South Local Government Area in Delta State .
Apart from tracing over N 112. 4m to her, the commission also retrieved some sensitive electoral materials from her apartments in Edo and Delta states .
INEC had arrested one Oluchi Obi Brown , who was the INEC administrative secretary in Delta State .
She was alleged to have received over N 111. 5m from the bribe fund .
Further investigations by the EFCC showed that Brown had about $75, 000 in an account in the United States .
The commission also arrested one Edem Effanga , who is a retired INEC official .
Effanga was arrested together with his alleged accomplice , Immaculata Asuquo , who is the Head, Voter Education , INEC , Akwa Ibom State .
Effanga was alleged to have received over N 241. 1m , which he shared among INEC ad hoc workers during the 2015 elections .
Also in Gombe State , 11 electoral officials , who supervised elections in the state during the 2015 elections , admitted to receiving N 120m out of the N 23bn.
The electoral officer for the Akko LGA in Gombe State , Ahmed Biu , and the one in charge of Gombe LGA , Mohammed Zannah , allegedly admitted to have collected the bribes from one Yunusa Biri , also a retired electoral officer , who acted as Gombe State coordinator of the Diezani poll fund for electoral officials in the state.
The detective gave the names of some other arrested officials as Godwin Maiyaki , Gambo Balanga , Bukar Benisheik, Dukku, Jibril Muhammed , Billiri , Dunguma Dogona , Funakaye , Mohammed Wanka , Kaltungo ,y Ishaku Yusuf , Kwami , Suleiman Isawa , Babagana Malami , Shongom and Nuhu Samuel.



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All hear say news. No one will be charged at the end of the day.
If it were china, you will see people going to jail,
but in Naija, they will be going for thanksgiving instead cos the system just doesnt work.. SMH

nawa..buh if I theif biscuit or OK sweet I will b stoned to deqlth buh new will nur carry it ooo

kirikiri residents.

Is this woman still alive sef

Jail Them

Rubbish news to distract ppl attention. Even d fada xmas dasuki what has been done to him. Finish a job b4 movin to anoda

kworuption pight must pinish

why dey no wan arrest this woman yet...


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This Woman Break Record o

Who did she bribe for??
BUHARI OR JONATHAN



In Nigeria, every leader is corrupt

While Deziani and co were busy bribing inec staffs who are the tail, tinubu and co bribed Jega who was the head then.

The best rigger won........

Who did she bribe for??
BUHARI OR JONATHAN
In Nigeria, every leader is corrupt

Wait for some particular people to come and say .
LEAVE OUR DAUGHTER ALONE..
OR
IT ONLY COURT ..YOU WILL NEVER SEE RESULT AS IF JUDGEMENT CAN BE GIVEN IN A DAY..
Nigerians just baffle me.. No tribe is exempted..
Someone will claim he has been to school but he writes or comments the only thing that cone to mind is an illiterate.. Not in educational sense but in the general happenings in the world

99 days for the thief .... 1 day for the owner

FrontPage

i want to give a phork,who care for one

Dead on arrival

okay

Jesus!!!! . Do u know that even if it's 100M each of them goes home with, a civil servant who served for 35years will not earn as much? Pls let them return it, den we will not suspend them. Nigeria is rich. Nothing will break this country

rabex123:
Wait for some particular people to come and say .
LEAVE OUR DAUGHTER ALONE..
OR
IT ONLY COURT ..YOU WILL NEVER SEE RESULT AS IF JUDGEMENT CAN BE GIVEN IN A DAY..
Nigerians just baffle me.. No tribe is exempted..
Someone will claim he has been to school but he writes or comments the only thing that cone to mind is an illiterate.. Not in educational sense but in the general happenings in the world

you dey mind them, they will still cry witch hunt even when it has been proven that these people stole from the country's coffers

rubbish..

Have they prosecuted Diezani?

Fmr Finance Minister: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. I still find it funny that most people don't know why Nigeria economy went into recession, they love the incompetent lies of Lai Mohammed about the past government ruining everything. It's also myopic to think that if Jonathan were to still be in power, we would be worse off. The truth about Nigeria's recession is this; it was caused by the president's unguided rhetoric and uncultured body language. Firstly, there is nothing we are buying today that we weren't buying 5 years ago, therefore it's not our purchase that put pressure on Naira but withdrawal of funds by foreign investors. After the election, the president created instability with his unguided statements about how everyone is corrupt and how everyone is going to jail. The instability made foreign investors to liquidate their investment and change their money to dollars. In the process of trying to flee, they were willing to buy dollars at any price, which lead to high exchange dollar rate. Even though some of them were not ready to run away, but want their money in dollars to save their investments from devaluation, the president gave a bad signal by banning deposit of foreign currency into dormiciliary accounts. That was enough for free market believers to see the draconian handwriting on the wall, that was the beginning of dollar rush. To make matters worse, the president came up with another outrageous policy of rationing dollar to certain sectors and blocking many sectors out. That was the nail in the coffin which facilitated the emergence of free FALL. In the end, foreign investors took over $80B out of the economy within a short period and everything went down to free fall. To those who believe it will be worse if Jonathan is still there, you are all wrong. Policy continuity and political stability will not let billions of dollars leave our shores within such tiny time frame. Even though the government might have income shortage, the private sector will weather the storm by their confidence in the market. The fear of the unknown created by PMB is responsible for the economic downturn not low oil price. Interest rate in America is currently at 0.5% while it is 12% in Nigeria. JP Morgan Chase will not mind borrowing $50 billion from Feds at 0.5 and put in Nigeria for return of %2000 profit. Citi bank will do the same, likewise US Bank Corp. Chase gave Buhari warning about the repercussions of his fixing policy before they pulled out, but his illiterate cyber warriors and misseducated e-soldiers said JPMORGAN can go to hell, they no longer believe in economic metrics since their messiah is in charge. Funny enough they are all suffering today because of the stupid policy, but they find relief by blaming it on past administration and Gucci appetite of average Nigerians. For your information, if your president "continues" with his unguided rhetoric, Naira will go down to N1000/1 $. But we thank God, he is no longer talking. # Sent as copied

*Yarwns* stood up and walks out of thread*

Rc

Na today?

serverconnect:
Fmr Finance Minister: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala.
I still find it funny that most people
don't know why Nigeria economy
went into recession, they love the
incompetent lies of Lai Mohammed
about the past government ruining
everything. It's also myopic to think
that if Jonathan were to still be in
power, we would be worse off.
The truth about Nigeria's recession
is this; it was caused by the
president's unguided rhetoric and
uncultured body language.
Firstly, there is nothing we are
buying today that we weren't buying
5 years ago, therefore it's not our
purchase that put pressure on Naira
but withdrawal of funds by foreign
investors.
After the election, the president
created instability with his unguided
statements about how everyone is
corrupt and how everyone is going to
jail. The instability made foreign
investors to liquidate their
investment and change their money
to dollars.
In the process of trying to
flee, they were willing to buy dollars
at any price, which lead to high
exchange dollar rate.
Even though some of them were not
ready to run away, but want their
money in dollars to save their
investments from devaluation, the
president gave a bad signal by
banning deposit of foreign currency
into dormiciliary accounts. That was
enough for free market believers to
see the draconian handwriting on
the wall, that was the beginning of
dollar rush.
To make matters worse, the
president came up with another
outrageous policy of rationing dollar
to certain sectors and blocking many
sectors out. That was the nail in the
coffin which facilitated the
emergence of free FALL.
In the end, foreign investors took
over $80B out of the economy within
a short period and everything went
down to free fall.
To those who believe it will be worse
if Jonathan is still there, you are all
wrong. Policy continuity and political
stability will not let billions of
dollars leave our shores within such
tiny time frame. Even though the
government might have income
shortage, the private sector will
weather the storm by their
confidence in the market.
The fear of the unknown created by
PMB is responsible for the economic
downturn not low oil price. Interest
rate in America is currently at 0.5%
while it is 12% in Nigeria. JP Morgan
Chase will not mind borrowing $50
billion from Feds at 0.5 and put in
Nigeria for return of %2000 profit.
Citi bank will do the same, likewise
US Bank Corp. Chase gave Buhari
warning about the repercussions of
his fixing policy before they pulled
out, but his illiterate cyber warriors
and misseducated e-soldiers said
JPMORGAN can go to hell, they no
longer believe in economic metrics
since their messiah is in charge.
Funny enough they are all suffering
today because of the stupid policy,
but they find relief by blaming it on
past administration and Gucci
appetite of average Nigerians.
For your information, if your
president "continues" with his
unguided rhetoric, Naira will go
down to N1000/1 $. But we thank
God, he is no longer talking.
# Sent as copied

Copy copy no go pass.. If na APC dey blame PDP, you guys will be wailing upandan.. I tire for my people

Monogamy:


Copy copy no go pass.. If na APC dey blame PDP, you guys will be wailing upandan.. I tire for my people

you don't need much energy to pass exams

I just love Diezanni.

Strong and beautiful woman.

She won't go down alone.

Name checkers how biz

This government should focus more on the economy in order to reduce the suffering of the people rather than this too much focus on the past election abeg!!!