BUSTED | AGF Orders EFCC To Probe N11bn Fraud In Rivers

When PDP was in power, we were shouting that there was too much corruption and government was not doing anything about it. Now that APC is in power, PDP say they are the only ones being prosecuted.

If the PDP, while they were in power, had prosecuted those in ACN and CPC (now APC) who they thought are corrupt, there won't be any noise today. PDP failed Nigeria!...stealing was not corruption.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is to investigate the withdrawal of over N11bn from the Rivers State Government’s account between October, 2015 and February, 2016 under the watch of the present Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike.

The money was withdrawn from the State Government’s account with the Central Bank of Nigeria by the Director of Finance and Administration of the state’s Government House, Kingsely Fubara, in cash.

The anti-graft agency is also to probe the transfer of another sum of N1.5bn from the state’s account with the CBN to Zenith Bank account that belongs to one Mr. Samuel Anya “on or about January 27, 2016.”

An EFCC source confirmed to Punch that the anti-graft agency received the directive to probe what had been described as “suspicious withdrawals” from the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami.

A document obtained from the source shows the alleged withdrawal of about N5.1billion by Fubara from the government’s account between October and December, 2015 in 10 tranches.

The document indicated that Fubara commenced the alleged suspicious withdrawals with N1bn on October 15, 2015, and followed by another N1bn six days later on October 21, 2015.

He was also said to have withdrawn N269m from the account on November 2, 2015; N300m on November 3, 2015, and N500m on November 4, 2015.

In December 2015, three of such withdrawals also took place with N200m withdrawn from the account on December 12; N240m on December 22 and N460m on December 23.

According to the document, Fubara also withdrew N6.1bn from the same Rivers State’s account between 5th January, 2016 and February 9, 2016 in 11 tranches.

Indicating the various sums of money was in cash withdrawal, official document stated that the money was “delivered and received by Mr. Fubara.”

The source added, “We were also asked to investigate the withdrawal of N1.5bn on or about January 27, 2016, by one Samuel Anya of 69B Forces Avenue, old GRA, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from the state’s account with CBN through the transfer of the money to his account 0248922015 with Zenith Bank.”

The phone number Anya was said to have left with the bank could not be reached on Wednesday and Thursday as it was switched off.