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Fear Of EFCC, House Of Reps Minority Leader, Leo Ogor Starts Abandoned Projects by Ohmypepperminta: 5:38am On Apr 04, 2018
Leo Ogor, Minority Leader of the house of reps has
hurriedly mobilised technicians to sites of various uncompleted
projects in the constituency out of panic about the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Royaloya.com has learned.

A security aide to Mister. Ogor, who represents Isoko Federal Constituency
in Delta State, confided in our reporter that because the EFCC
turned its focus on his boss, the Majority Leader has been conquered by fear, a development that has worsened his blood
pressure.

"Because of the trouble, my chairman has decided to get some of the
contractors back to site and they restarted work on some of the abandoned projects for which he might have collected the money, " said
the man.

Mr. Ogor, whose struggle with the EFCC started in 2017 over alleged
corrupt practices, including 20 constituency projects "suspiciously unexecuted", Royaloya.com gathered that hand-picked
contractors are said to be his loved ones and cronies.

When Royaloya.com visited some of the project sites last week,
contractors were seen working. Among sites visited were 2.1 Billion Naira Aviara-Uzere Road, awarded by the Federal Government in 2013;
the 26.5 km Isoko Ring Road traversing Ofagbe, Orie,
Okpe-Isoko, Uro, Ada, Idheze to Ozoro, which was given in 2015;
and the Araya Bible Site electrification project.
Others were Oleh, Ofagbe, Aviara, and Ozoro communities where four
500KVA transformers are to be delivered. Equally visited were two
communities in Isoko South and North Local Government constituencies as well
as the Isoko Development Union (IDU), where transformers are also
expected to be delivered.

Mr. Ogor has additionally got contractors back to Aya Primary School in
Araya-Aviara and Uro Primary School in Uro-Irri, where classroom
blocks are being built; Ekwerigbe Primary School, Egware Primary
School, Ozoro and Uruogbe Primary in Owhelogbo, where
classes are being renovated. {Contractors as well returned to
Olomoro Health Centre, Okpadi community in Iyede, where they are
installing solar-powered streets lights.

Mr. Ogor sent out one note book each to primary pupils in his
constituency and flagged off N200 million free medical treatment
programme. Also On top of that, he delivered classroom tables to primary
schools in Aviara, Uzere, Idheze and Orie, contracts which were
awarded to his relatives and loved ones, but were abandoned.

In 2016, members of the house of Representatives Committee on
Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), during the defence of
the commission's budget by the then Acting Director, Mrs.
Ibim Semenitari, accused Mr. Ogor of hijacking projects to his community to exclusion of other communities.

Two several weeks ago, the Delta Bureau Chief of Daily Trust
Newspapers, Mr. Victor Sorokwu, narrowly escaped being killed by
unidentified thugs suspected to have been hired by the Rector
of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, Mister. Job Akpodiete; Registrar, Mister.
S. O. Onaibre; and the Chief Florida security officer (CSO) of the institution,
Mr. Simeon Eduke.

Royaloya.com reliably gathered that the journalist was assaulted
while working on a report on the NDDC ICT Centre project at the
Polytechnic, that could have been abandoned by Mister. Ogor.

The journalist claimed that he was molested, arrested and
held by the Divisional Police Officer, (DPO), for more than fifteen hours at
the Ozoro Police Station.

"I was on an official task to the abandoned NDDC ICT Centre at
the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, where I was assaulted by thugs
working on the instructions of the school rector, registrar and the CSO.
"I lost cash, phones and other valuables during the event occurrence episode. I thank
God for saving my life, Mr. Sorokwu said.

The EFCC, in June 2017, froze over 116 Million Naira in the accounts of
five of the companies with which Mister. Ogor secured contracts from
some government departments as constituency projects.

The EFCC is also looking at a "curious" payment of over N318 million
to 2 of the companies by NDDC as well as the discovery of
accounts, including six that belong to his companies.
Just last month, the commission secured a warrant to arrest Mr. Ogor over
20 constituency projects, that have been "suspiciously unexecuted". The deals, valued at over 500 million Naira, were claimed
to have been awarded to companies linked to Mister. Ogor.

The scandal around Mr. Ogor centre around contracts awarded by the
NDDC, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the
National Commission for refugees, Migrants and Internally Out of place
Persons.

Mister Ogor was put up in a Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin's petition against House leadership in the 2016 budget padding saga and insertion of bogus
constituency projects.

http://www.royaloya.com/2018/04/fear-of-efcc-house-of-reps-minority.html?m=1

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Re: Fear Of EFCC, House Of Reps Minority Leader, Leo Ogor Starts Abandoned Projects by Ohmypepperminta: 5:39am On Apr 04, 2018
Re: Fear Of EFCC, House Of Reps Minority Leader, Leo Ogor Starts Abandoned Projects by rusher14: 6:03am On Apr 04, 2018
Why they want Magu out.

angry

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Re: Fear Of EFCC, House Of Reps Minority Leader, Leo Ogor Starts Abandoned Projects by Young03(m): 6:40am On Apr 04, 2018
He has a criminal look

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Re: Fear Of EFCC, House Of Reps Minority Leader, Leo Ogor Starts Abandoned Projects by Throwback: 7:16am On Apr 04, 2018
That's good.

I have always believed that political actors without the will to perform, are certainly lacking the right motivation.

While some need to be pursued by the law to work, some actually need to be sacked because they can never accept that they are truly useless. Jonathan and Buhari belong to the 2nd category.

This is the same Leo Ogor that wanted to be deputy speaker in PDP's arrangement with Saraki and Dogora at the start of this current legislature.
Re: Fear Of EFCC, House Of Reps Minority Leader, Leo Ogor Starts Abandoned Projects by Babacele: 7:59am On Apr 04, 2018
lawmaker indeed!

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