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SGF Akume distances self from aide facing ₦10bn fraud probe

Anthony Ailemen
March 18, 2025

George Akume, the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), has distanced himself from his aide who is currently facing a N10b fraud and money laundering investigation. BusinessDay gathered that Andrew Uchi, personal assistant to the SGF, is under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on allegations bothering on corruption, bribery, and money laundering.
But Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information and Public Relations, office of the SGF, in a statement, absolved the leadership of the SGF office from the crime. The SGF also urged members of the public to avoid speculation, but allow the EFCC carry out a thorough investigation, as the office has a history of promoting integrity, transparency and accountability. The OSGF also expressed its appreciation for the understanding and support of the public on the matter, while also supporting the ongoing investigation. According to the statement, ” attention of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) has been drawn to the ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) involving Hon. Andrew Torhile Uchi, Personal Assistant to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation bothering on allegations of corruption, bribery, and money laundering. ” It is imperative to state categorically that the Office leadership is not in any way involved in the alleged misconduct as it has always maintained a strong commitment to transparency , accountability, and integrity

“We recognize the efforts of the EFCC on this matter to ensure that those found culpable are held accountable.
“However, we urge the public not to speculate or draw conclusions as investigations are still ongoing.

Source: business day

all these governors only know how to build houses. build hospital, build road. even a ss1 student can do these things

it's 3 yrs already?

Kobicove:
Why do ex-president Biden's two kids need up to 31 agents to protect them?

the fact is it's possible their police dey frame some of these nigerians.
but what are nigerians doing there?

koladata:
The problem is that Indians are as corrupt as Nigerians , These drug peddlers do not go to jail if they have enough money for settlement and that is why you keep seeing more cases like this.

Infact they have a fix amount of money you can use to bail yourself from drug related offences. But if you kill a cow in india, there's no bail for you even if you have dangote's money. Trust me I've been to india, this is firsthand info.

Director, Public Affairs of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Kunle Adesina, really has no shame

Xannadu:
Some criticisms, irrespective of the manner they were presented, are meant to be taken in good faith and used as a feedback mechanism for improvement. Not to be unnecessarily defensive and insulting. That Lagos is smelly is nothing anyone can hide and whoever tries to rationalize that is not ready for progress. I remember the first time I entered Lagos in 2002 for a gospel crusade, the smell that greeted me then at Ojota is something I can never forget. 23 years on and the smell is still very much there. The same 23 years in some other countries and you'll barely be able to recognise the landscape due to high tech infrastructural development!

dangote dey spread him wings everywhere.

as a journalist why e no fit put this on national daily to shame the nysc

na dirty water and environment causes this.
lagos dirtiness has become worse after that selfish ibo take lagos to court and one foolish judge come ban environmental sanitation

SultanOfAbia:
Please always be careful when buying tigernuts
I bought one from aboki
And i ate half of it there at the spot
Only for me to look over and see the bucket he was using to soak the tiger nuts highly disgusting

I ran home and forced myself to vomit all that i ate.
This morning i had a long time in toilet shitting recklessly.

Be careful when you buy roadside eatables

hahahaha.. this man talks nonsense

what ridicule ?/

divide and conquer

Yankee101:
Two former Iran backed regimes now fighting each other

why can't he be deputy to obi?

Eriokanmi:
Elrufai can only win a few states in the north. He shouldn't just waste his resources. He should seek to deputise Obi and work towards the merger. Only by this arrangement can they defeat tinubu

that was a sad one. but how come the navy no fit find am??
dem no wan spend money

id4sho:
His death is yet to come, Glory 🙏

I remember the case of the children whom plane crashed in the Amazon forest. The pilot and the mum died. The kids held on for days before search calvary found them. A baby barely months was with them😌

believe this and believe anything. the amount is too much in this time of hunger?

if na side event for public, no problem

Babinski:
The event Senator Akpoti attended was themed: Social Norms change, Networking and Global Advocacy to Advance Women’s Political Participation and Decision Making

It was an IPU Side event at the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women(CSW).

Senator Akpoti claimed she attended the event on her personal expense and registered as an individual. Her illegal suspension not withstanding, she remains an elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The order that she should not identify as Senator locally and internationally during the suspension is ludicrous, unconstitutional and has not legal basis. She was elected by her constituency and owes her Senatorship to them and not the Senate.

in your dreams

YouAreNobody:
This is the beginning of the end for APC

adebayo will be VP candidate
dem do am to Moghalu after one silly man hijack the party

Port8080:
The plan is simple...
- Move to SDP
- Cause chaos and hijack the party leadership
- Hijack the presidential ticket, and push out the man that has been labouring for the party all these years.
- Mobilize the North against Tinubu and win the presidential election.
QED!
This is how he plans to become the president of Nigeria

El-Rufai is not a fish at all. He is a fellow fisherman:

ah. adebayo should be careful. elrufai no see am this way ooo
i like adebayo as a straighforward person but dining with the devil should be avoidable at all cost

Adebayo is dining with a lion. he should be careful
he wants to be VP for elrufai

He denied defecting to SDP to contest for the presidency in 2027 but conceded that if members of the party ask him to vie for the office, he might consider it:

this is all the plan. elrufai as President and Adebayo a VP. honestly, elrufai has not been a very straightforward person, so i prefer peter obi

e be like say she dey there illegally. ipu na for country legislators. since she is suspended, i think she no fit go. but to arrest her is just too much

professorPABX:
I don't know. Only the IPU knows.

e be like say this IPU is represented by country legislators. this woman just dey there illegally.
but dem suppose investigate the allegation she made against akpabio. what's wrong with the senate??

all these bla bla.. you mean she is there illegally

professorPABX:
They are online miscreants and nonentities, it is better you ignore him. Since 2021, in about four African countries, female Parliament member have been sent out of Parliament during plenary over improper dressing and violation of dress codes. Those female Parliament members should also approach IPU no matter how late the event took place to report their country Parliament.

I don't blame her. I know she is very pretty and her beauty has brought her fame and connections to people in power and the big boys in Oil business. As a man I know my strength and weakness. Considering myself, I would have been as guilty as proclaimed. I thank the Distinguished Senators and Honourable members of the House of Representatives for their courage to support the Senate President because the Integrity of the Institution must be protected.

Senator Ireti Kingibe brought out an issue which some people already know. She said she enjoyed more privileges than all the other female Senators. WHY? She accompanied the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to the 148th IPU General Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland in March, 2024 as part of Nigeria’s official delegation. She sat beside the Senate President. That is why I said if it were me, I would have been as guilty as pronounced. By reason of that attendance she is on the mailing list and an active Nigeria's contact person at the IPU because the SP would have assigned that role to her. She used that opportunity to register for the IPU as Nigeria's delegate without being sent by the National Assembly.

I remember Local Content deal at NNPC during Diezani Madueke's tenure as Minister when Ernest Nwapa was the Head of Local Content at NNPC. Senator Karimi's reason is not good enough. We need to check and compare all the privileges enjoyed by other female Senators to real know what is happening.

if these people go SDP, i fear for prince adebayo. dem go remove am as SDP PRESIDENTIAL candidate

this problem is becoming bigger

dem go twist everything and yank am from under him pant
politics is just too dirty

nwirinedu:
This man is just preparing himself for another defeat in 2027.

what if poison dey inside?
politicians will do anything to get elected. even enter gutter

all i see from the picture are sycophants that think they can take power anytime

don't leave a wolf in the midst of sheep. that's what ibb did

fergie001:
Abacha was a Lt-Col in 1972, Major-General in 1983 & General in 1990.

brigadier i think.
same rank as dogonyaro.

MemphitzDgreat1:
Abacha was a Major General as at 1985

NNPC go be like Nigeria airways, but e be like state capture by cabals. I dont believe dangote is the only owner of this refinery

Meteng:
Dangote intends to drive NNPC out of the retail market. He will now buy up the retail outlets and then start selling at whatever price he feels like. Watch out