Two serving commissioners in the administration of Governor Martin
Elechi of Ebonyi State and the accountant general, are currently being
quizzed by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) at its head office in Abuja.
According to dependable sources in the EFCC, the trio of the Commissioner for Finance, Timothy Ogbonnaya, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon Cele Nwali, and accountant general, Igbele; who arrived Abuja yesterday’s morning, are being quizzed on allegations bordering on corruption and financial recklessness involving local government funds.
They are said to be telling interrogators all they know about an asphalt project earmarked for the 13 local governments of the state by the Elechi administration for which monies running into millions of
naira was deducted at source, from local government account.
The sources also informed LEADERSHIP that it was Nwali, who directed all 13 local government areas in Ebonyi State to erect asphalt complexes in their local government headquarters.
Although six of the local councils complied, seven did not but funds were deducted from the accounts of all the local governments.
Nwali is also fingered as the brain behind the deduction of one million naira from each of the council ostensibly to fund the production of T-shirts for the Centenary celebration. There is said to
be no evidence that the T-shirts were produced, while the N13million remain unaccounted for.
http://leadership.ng/news/401844/corruption-efcc-quizzes-2-ebonyi-commissioners
According to dependable sources in the EFCC, the trio of the Commissioner for Finance, Timothy Ogbonnaya, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon Cele Nwali, and accountant general, Igbele; who arrived Abuja yesterday’s morning, are being quizzed on allegations bordering on corruption and financial recklessness involving local government funds.
They are said to be telling interrogators all they know about an asphalt project earmarked for the 13 local governments of the state by the Elechi administration for which monies running into millions of
naira was deducted at source, from local government account.
The sources also informed LEADERSHIP that it was Nwali, who directed all 13 local government areas in Ebonyi State to erect asphalt complexes in their local government headquarters.
Although six of the local councils complied, seven did not but funds were deducted from the accounts of all the local governments.
Nwali is also fingered as the brain behind the deduction of one million naira from each of the council ostensibly to fund the production of T-shirts for the Centenary celebration. There is said to
be no evidence that the T-shirts were produced, while the N13million remain unaccounted for.
http://leadership.ng/news/401844/corruption-efcc-quizzes-2-ebonyi-commissioners
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