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A Nigerian civil servant has been arrested and arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, for buying a $140,000 US property. The director in the Federal Ministry of Education, Victor Igboanugo, who was also accused of taking kickbacks worth millions of naira, was arraigned before before Justice V. B. Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja. 

The suspect who was accused of using his office and position to also commit fraud worth N162m, allegedly bought the property in the US whose cost was above his legitimate income as a Deputy Director of Procurement at the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. It was alleged that while being the Secretary of the Ministerial Tenders’ Board at the Ministry of Environment, he facilitated the award of multiple contracts to private companies where he held personal interests.

“He was further accused of receiving N20m kickback through one of his companies, Phinavic Ventures Limited, from the Chief Executive Officer of Lufem Engineering Limited, Mr Asiwaju Adekanbi, after the award of a contract for the construction of a skills acquisition centre."


The defendant who pleaded not guilty to the charges, was granted bail in the sum of N2m with one surety in like sum, who must be an officer not below Grade Level 14 in the Federal Civil Service. The case was adjourned till June 19, 2019, for trial.


https://unclesuru.com/2019/04/12/civil-servant-arraigned-for-buying-140000-us-property-above-his-salary/


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I will only believe if he is convicted in a competent court and not in media trials.

Lol...

Sometimes I just seat and wonder how civil servants and minimum wage earners can live in Abuja/other expensive cities, and comfortably afford the high cost of rentals which is often thrice or more of their annual salaries.

As a government, you rightly have a cap on salaries and how much you can pay your workers who must be living in these areas to be able to work for you but you forgot or choose to forget to place cap on rentals such that your citizens/workers won't be over-exploited and would have some change to feed and meet other needs.

How the government hopes to fight or discourage corruption without tackling these basics still seems to me like a mirage.

Civil Servants are more corrupt than the politicians, only that politicians are loud and naive.

In that same Abuja some Civil Servants and Perm Sec can buy Dino and his cars, but that same civil servant drive around in a Goverment Toyota Hillux.



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If she doesn't scream during sex, impregnate her ..my brother she will scream in labour .I hate stuborn girls.

iammo:
Civil Servants are more corrupt than the politicians, only that politicians are loud and naive

true talk ... you are wise

SMH

Raise your hand if you know this trial is dead on arrival

Joseph Igboanugo

Every single on those in power should arrested too. Nonsense

Nwodosis:
I will only believe if he is convicted in a competent court and not in media trials.

What do you mean by media trial? Which media channel is trying him?

daddytime:
Lol...

Sometimes I just seat and wonder how civil servants and minimum wage earners can live in Abuja/other expensive cities, and comfortably afford the high cost of rentals which is often thrice or more of their annual salaries.

As a government, you rightly have a cap on salaries and how much you can pay your workers who must be living in these areas to be able to work for you but you forgot or choose to forget to place cap on rentals such that your citizens/workers won't be over-exploited and would have some change to feed and meet other needs.

How the government hopes to fight or discourage corruption without tackling these basics still seems to me like a mirage.

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Am glad it’s working. Let’s start catching them all as they are the reason cost of governance is on the increase.

These people don't deserve being called civil servants, they are uncivil rogues

Good

See wetin we dey talk
Everybody wants to loot.
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Why do you need a Hou like that in another man's land?

i need a civil servant job
i sell data across all network check my sign

I hope you won't draw-back once the taxpayers' money has reached your side.

shomutuski:
I'm currently serving in one of the government parastatals under the petroleum ministry and i can tell you that they waste money... currently i am amassing strong evidence against them and i would be needing everyone's help to show how they destroy taxpayers money.

media trial as usual

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