The Independent Corrupt Practices
and Other Related Offences Commission says it arrested two officials of the
national social investment programme (N-SIP) in Kogi state over alleged N68
million fraud.
The suspects are Khadijat Karibo,
the state programme manager for the national home-grown school feeding
programme, and Adoga Ibrahim, a former focal person for the programme in the
state.
In a statement, Rasheedat
Okoduwa, the commission’s spokesperson, said ICPC made the arrest in
collaboration with the national social investment office.
Okoduwa said the commission
received a petition which alleged that the two officials were involved in
diversion of funds meant for the school feeding programme.
“A petition alleging that the
erstwhile State Focal Person and the Programme Manager had connived and
diverted large sums of money meant for payments to cooks in the national school
feeding programme in Kogi State was received by ICPC,” the statement read.
“The petition alleged that the
duo had perpetrated unlawful and unethical deductions from the accounts of
cooks by the use of letters purportedly signed by them conveying their consent
that a blanket and unspecified amount be moved to 10 different business
accounts from the cooks’ accounts for sundry aggregated commodity supplies.”
The spokesperson said an
approval, which ought to have been granted for some items was missing, adding
that the officials could not provide evidence.
“The petition further alleged
that the massive fraudulent actions were pulled off by the officials acting in
concert with some banks in the state. Preliminary findings from ICPC
investigations indicate that for the programme to aggregate food items, the
request must come from a state governor clearly stating the names and details
of suppliers to the National Coordinator of the NHGSFP for approval,” it read.
“This approval was lacking in the
case under investigation as Ibrahim only submitted a request in September 2018
but could not present evidence of approval, hence money was paid directly by
the programme to the cooks’ accounts.”
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