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Kogi
state governor anointed candidate for Kogi Central Senatorial Slot in a deep
financial mess, the information made available to THE OBSERVERS TIMES by a
civil society group called integrity Watch explained deep how reckless the
managers of the confluence state are.
Accused
of diverting over 3 billion Naira revenue meant for the state which amount to
direct abuse of the office he is occupying, Shortly after diverting the sum of
N3 billion naira, the chairman of Kogi State board of Internal Revenue acquired
a multi-billion naira property (as pictured below) located at No. 1, Magaji
Muazu Crescent off Patrick Yakowa Road, Katampe, Abuja. The chairman of
Anti-corruption and Integrity Forum said in a statement to Integrity Watchdog
that the organization will ensure to investigate the Kogi tax boss and make
public every property he acquired in and outside Nigeria. We will leave no
stones unturned until we expose everyone involved in this mammoth fraud and
ensure that they are prosecuted.
Tax
payer’s money should never end up in the hands of corrupt officials. How can money
that could be used to fund projects that could positively impact the lives of
the residents of Kogi state be stolen by the same persons put in place to
secure it. It will not be tolerated. This petition to the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission is just one of the many cases to be filed with the
commission. He also stated that this exposition and that of the Akwa Ibom State
Government is one of the organisation’s drive to expose corruption being
perpetrated by public officials in several states in Nigeria.
The
Kogi State Board of Internal Revenue boss, Alhaji. Yakubu Oseni is currently
being investigated for funds diversion and money laundering by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission. A foremost civil society group the Anti-corruption
and Integrity Forum petition the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
calling for the investigation of 3 billion naira and the prosecution of the
Kogi State Board of Internal Revenue, Alhaji Yakubu Oseni, the governor of Kogi
State, Yahaya Bello, Mr. David Edward Onoja and the APC chairman Bello Abubakar
for money laundering.
In
the Petition, it was revealed that the Kogi tax boss allegedly conspired with
the aforementioned persons to open bank accounts disguised as those of the Kogi
State Board of Internal Revenue in order to launder money with them. According
to the petition, Dangote Group paid taxes of 3 billion naira and the money was
diverted into 9 accounts created by the tax boss for the purpose of laundering
it. The petition states that the above mentioned person have allegedly took
part in it and also received proceeds of this crime.
The
anti-corruption organization requested that the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission traces the money paid by dangote into a skye bank account before it
was diverted to account numbers 0431486029 at First City Monument Bank,
2017770110 at First Bank, 0057904831 at Ecobank, 1015503782 at United Bank of
Africa, 0025013646 at Union Bank, 1130071472 at Zenith Bank, 4030014272 at
Zenith Bank, 0018496916 at Unity Bank, 0709993397 at Access Bank. The funds
were also laundered from account numbers 2882050558 at Ecobank, 1012670779 and
1130020085 at Zenith Bank, 0000106201 at Kogi Savings and Loans and account
numbers 1751069541, 1751069383, 1751069280 at Skye Bank.
Source:
The Observer Times.
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