An ex-aide to Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo, Donald Wokoma, allegedly failed to execute some contracts awarded to
his firms in 2018, after receiving N250million.
This was when he served as
Special Assistant to the VP on National Economic Council (NEC).
PRNigeria’s Economic Confidential
reports that Wokoma was a signatory to the bank accounts of the companies.
An investigator at the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spoke while testifying before the
Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Investigative Committee on Thursday.
The panel is investigating EFCC
activities under the suspended Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu.
The police officer is facing a
5-year review – 2015 to 2020.
The operative, whose name is
withheld for security reason, said several contracts were awarded without
execution and payments were made to companies under the Presidential Amnesty
Programme (PAP).
The officer recalled that the
case was assigned to Special Investigation Team in the Office of the National
Security Adviser (ONSA) after an intelligence on PAP fraudulent activities.
Upon investigation, it was
discovered that Damijay Integrated Services was awarded a contract worth about
N98million.
A similar contract was awarded to
another company named Eagle Technology Ltd, at the same amount of N98million.
After the payment, Eagle Tech
transferred it to Damijay.
A total of N250million was
transferred from Damijay to Elixir Investments Partners as Investment.
Wokoma was the sole signatory to
the account of Damijay.
Also, he, his wife and son were
shareholders of the company.
The EFCC investigator told the
panel that Wokoma was detained but released on Magu’s instructions.
He disclosed that Wokoma’s
Regular and Diplomatic Passports were retained but later released to him also
on Magu’s directives.
The official said: “The
N250million invested by Wokoma and traced to Elixir Invest was then placed on
hold. Wokoma subsequently, instituted a civil suit for the hold placed on his
fund to be lifted and the court-ordered sometime in November 2018 that in the
absence of a court order, the hold should be lifted. However, in same November
2018, the ommission was granted a freezing order by the court on the funds
which nullified the initial order.”
The operative added that the
investigation of the case was concluded and four separate charges were
proffered against Brig. Gen. Boroh (rtd) and Hanafi Moriki; Sgt. Joshua
Ebemeiyefa; Donald Wokoma & Damijay; alongside Paul Ofana Santus and his
firms.
The detective said the four
charges were then taken to the chairman.
But after perusal, Magu allegedly
directed that the name of Wokoma be removed from the charge.
The suspected chairman said only
his company be charged.
Shortly after, some officers
investigating the case were transferred for being “stumbling blocks” to the
soft landing intended to be given to Wokoma.
Magu then allegedly directed that
no one should look for the accused or any of his family members since it was
only Damijay that was charged.
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