– Dariye allegedly misappropriated N1.162bn ecological funds while in office
– The ex-governor gave N100m traced to a company to former VP, Atiku
– He also gave N10m to a former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu
A former governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye, who is currently
on trial for corrupt practices of misappropriating N1.162bn ecological
funds while in office.
According to a detective of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Dariye who served between 1999 and 2007 and is now the senator representing Plateau Central Senatorial District in the Senate disbursed the N1.16bn to his political associates and officials of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, in Plateau State.
EFCC said the ex-governor gave N100m traced to a company – Marine Float Nigeria Limited owned by former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar.
“The Ecological Fund Office is under the Presidency but the Office of the Vice-President oversees it and the vice-president chairs the agency’s activities. The vice-president at that time was Alhaji Abubakar Atiku,” the witness said.
He also said N100m was traced to the South-West PDP, which was received by then Minister of Special Duties, Yomi Edu, N80m to then Permanent Secretary of the Ecological Fund Office in the Presidency, Kingsley Nkoma; N10m to a former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, N6.8m to the PDP Plateau State and N66m to 274 PDP wards in the state.
“The N80m paid in favour of Union Savings and Loan, was traced to Kingsley Nkoma, Permanent Secretary of Ecological Fund Office. We recovered the N80m from Nkoma, who said that was his share for facilitating the release of the money. That was the bribe he collected.
“Investigation proved, while he was invited, that the N80m paid to him through Union Savings and Loan was a bribe money paid to him by the defendant. The money was recovered from him. The N80m registered from Nkoma is registered as exhibit and it is with the EFCC. When we invited him, Nkoma said that that was his share of the money and he was made to return it.”
The trial judge, Justice Adebukola Banjoko, adjourned further hearing till noon on Wednesday, February 3.
Meanwhile, in 12 years of its existence, Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered more than $2tn.
– The ex-governor gave N100m traced to a company to former VP, Atiku
– He also gave N10m to a former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu
Joshau Dariye (former governor of Plateau state)
According to a detective of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Dariye who served between 1999 and 2007 and is now the senator representing Plateau Central Senatorial District in the Senate disbursed the N1.16bn to his political associates and officials of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, in Plateau State.
EFCC said the ex-governor gave N100m traced to a company – Marine Float Nigeria Limited owned by former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar.
“The Ecological Fund Office is under the Presidency but the Office of the Vice-President oversees it and the vice-president chairs the agency’s activities. The vice-president at that time was Alhaji Abubakar Atiku,” the witness said.
He also said N100m was traced to the South-West PDP, which was received by then Minister of Special Duties, Yomi Edu, N80m to then Permanent Secretary of the Ecological Fund Office in the Presidency, Kingsley Nkoma; N10m to a former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, N6.8m to the PDP Plateau State and N66m to 274 PDP wards in the state.
“The N80m paid in favour of Union Savings and Loan, was traced to Kingsley Nkoma, Permanent Secretary of Ecological Fund Office. We recovered the N80m from Nkoma, who said that was his share for facilitating the release of the money. That was the bribe he collected.
“Investigation proved, while he was invited, that the N80m paid to him through Union Savings and Loan was a bribe money paid to him by the defendant. The money was recovered from him. The N80m registered from Nkoma is registered as exhibit and it is with the EFCC. When we invited him, Nkoma said that that was his share of the money and he was made to return it.”
The trial judge, Justice Adebukola Banjoko, adjourned further hearing till noon on Wednesday, February 3.
Meanwhile, in 12 years of its existence, Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered more than $2tn.
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