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The Taraba Integrity and Accountability Group Jalingo, TIAGJ, has alleged that massive corruption and looting of Taraba State treasury is presently going on under Governor Darius Ishaku administration.

The group claimed that within five years, the administration of Governor Ishaku has allegedly looted N39 billion.



According to the group, from 2015 to 2020, the Office of the Secretary to the State Government is one channel which billions of naira have been siphoned.

According to TIAGJ, Governor Ishaku’s younger sister, Gladys Kande-Mamman, a member of the Taraba State Primary Board, used pseudo companies linked to her BVN22228442299 to launder billions for the governor through hoax contracts.

The group added that no local government in the state had been able to undertake a single project worth 5 million from 2015 to 2020, because the funds for all the councils are centrally siphoned each month.

In a petition forwarded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa, TIAGJ said between August and September 2015, the state government accessed a credit facility to the tune of 2 billion to finance the state on lending to small and medium scale commercial farmers through the Taraba State Agricultural and Development and Investment Limited, TADIL.

The group, however, said: “This fund to the best of our knowledge was diverted into private pockets of the Governor and his cronies, as no such financing of agricultural activities took place.”



According to the petition signed by one Ezekiel Lazarus Mbamo, which was obtained by PRNigeria, the state received a CBN bailout loan of N37,655,975,922.60, comprising N23,135,682,937 for the state government, and N14,520,292,985 for the 16 local government areas in the state.

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“We hereby say without fear of contradiction, the bailout fund was largely stolen as against the motive for which it was given by the Federal government.

“We remind the commission that the bailout fund was given to among others, and as priority address salaries and pension/gratuity challenges which have been bothering states and local governments.

“The Governor in this case did not utilize the bailout for both the state and the local governments for the purpose they were meant for,” TIAGJ maintained.

https://dailynigerian.com/gov-ishaku-younger-sister/

Thieves aren't necessarily paupers, some are called 'Your Excellency'.

They keep looting everywhere everyday

This is 95 percent of what is causing insecurity

Those Northern states from NC to NE have very useless and corrupt governors.. the likes of Niger, Kogi, Bauchi, Taraba and co. are far worse like SE, nothing atal going on there infrastructure and development wise.

Naija which way!

Jesus see business where human are used for collateral

All Nigerian politicians are thieves! No exception..

Is there any governor in Nigeria today that is not corrupt?

This fools be piling up money like they plan to live forever. Just look at the fools vulture keeps supporting. A shame

Bluntguy:
Is there any governor in Nigeria today that is not corrupt?

none, bro

But vulture in his deluded mind thinks his darling daddy is a saint

The same old ways and manipulations that landed us in hot soup with Buhari presidency. The Same partner in lies and deceit is towing same line to hoodwink electorates. He has never condemned for once the bad market he sold to Nigeria, but now want to sell himself instead. It's high time the electoral or legislative bodies kick against political aspirants or party dolling out gifts to electorates. That's bribery and influence to vote.

They had to expose her BVN. That's very unprofessional

bhella10:
They had to expose her BVN. That's very unprofessional

Stealing from public coffers is unprofessional too