Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have discovered an astounding 6 million benefits trade out a United Kingdom bank.
Abdulrasheed Maina
Investigators have followed about £6m benefits assets to a United Kingdom ledger being overseen by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation(OHCSF), The Nation has revealed.
Two previous Heads of the Civil Service of the Federation(Engr. E. Okeke and Prof. O. A. Afolabi) allegedly did their best to shield the assets from being messed with.
The report by The Nation additionally uncovered that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) had seized more houses accepted to be possessed by the troubled ex-executive of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms Task Team, Mr Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina. He is one of the signatories to the UK financial balance.
In addition, a previous EFCC agent has been cited as saying that he was set up to talk upon how a clergyman reached him to ensure Maina.
Be that as it may, the agent said he would do as such on pledge if President Muhammadu Buhari raises a Judicial Commission of Enquiry into the fumble of benefits reserves.
At any rate, N2b is said to have been misused. There are different assets, which are accepted to have been stolen. A previous administrator of EFCC supposedly gathered assets for a remote excursion from Maina. In any case, a reality sheet has exposed the claim.
The indicated N5,476,000 estacodes transmitted to the previous EFCC executive was really paid to a record in an original bank, as per sources near the examination of the multi-billion naira annuity embarrassment.
The EFCC has proceeded with its manhunt for Maina. It has found a greater amount of his benefits. A source stated: "Our criminologists have connected a vast ranch in Keffi to Maina and we will conjure Interim Assets relinquishment Clause in the EFCC (Establishment) Act.
"We have additionally closed two of the presume's homes at No. A5 B. Close and No. 9A in Kado Estate in Abuja. We have found a few houses in Maiduguri as well.
"Up until this point, we have claimed the houses in Abuja and Kaduna."
There was a wind yesterday following the arrival of a reality sheet, which expresses that no previous EFCC director gathered N5,476,000 for abroad outings from Maina.
The archive stated: "It is thusly expressed completely that the previous EFCC director never got any instalment at all in regard of any outing in OHCSF/Police Pensions and neither leave on such treks.
"That Estacode instalment to the tune of N5,476,000 purportedly made for the Executive Chairman was found to have been paid into the First Bank Acct. No. 4033010067733 having a place with one Christian Madubuike who is a record representative with Police Pension office (PPO).
"The cash was in this manner pulled back from his record and gave over to Mr John Yusuf (AD Accounts PPO). However, John Yusuf conceded accepting the monies yet guaranteed that he transmitted same to Abdulrasheed Maina."
In the meantime, the EFCC followed about £6m annuity assets to the UK and revealed 66 benefits accounts in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation(OHCSF).
There was a doubt that the £6m may have been altered by some administration authorities, who are presently benefits suspects.
The best source included: "The EFCC has done what's necessary for disentangling benefits misrepresentation syndicate in OHCSF, Presidential Pension Reform Task Committee, Police Pension stores and the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) registration levy among others."
The source stated: "It is surely a gigantic racket by government employees some of who are still in the framework. For example, our group revealed £6m annuity supports in a record in the UK. The cash was for the instalment of the benefits of some British frontier officers who served in Nigeria."
A give an account of the said account in the UK stated: "In regard to the Federal Government 6million pounds sterling interest in the U.K with Crown operators, it is important that the data was found because of a pursuit executed in the home of Dr Shuaibu Sani Teidi over the span of our examination.
"Dr Shuaibu Sani Teidi neglected to reveal the record amid his giving over when he was leaving the Head of Service. Mr Charles Bornant was welcomed and he affirmed that Dr Shaibu did not unveil nor incorporate the record in his giving over. Examination concerning the record is as yet continuous in view of pertinent data available to us.
"Over the span of researching misrepresentation in the Pension office of the Head of Civil administration of the Federation (OHCSF), a court order was executed in the living arrangement of Dr Shaibu Sani Teidi (previous executive Pension Accounts) where a portable PC was recouped. From the examination of the PC portable PC, an archive subtitled "Report of the visit to Crown Agents Investment United kingdom" was found. The record uncovers the idea of the speculation made by the OHCSF with Crown Agents Investment, UK (duplicate joined).
"The Investment Account was conveyed to the consideration of the OHCSF by means of a letter with reference No. CR:3000/EFCC/ABJ/EGFED/PEN/VOL.1/375 dated eighteenth February 2011, while asking for the accompanying data:
Rundown of Pensioners in Diaspora and their instalment point(s)
Records of settlements of assets to all instalments point
iii. Points of interest speculation of benefits reserves with Crown Agents Financial Services
"On receipt of our letter, the OHCSF influenced assist enquiries and reacted to us go through a letter dated 22nd February 2011.
"The accompanying actualities rise up out of our Investigation.
a) That the OHCSF kept up an abroad venture account with Crown Agent Investment Management United Kingdom titled "Nigeria Federal Civil Service Pension Fund";
b) That the present Management attention was drawn on the 23rd of May, 1990, endeavour was made to audit it between twentieth to 22nd January 2009;
c) That the Crown specialists have an agent in Nigeria;
d) That the market estimation of the Fund as at 31/03/2011 was GBP 6,275,176.80;
e) That Engr. E.O Okeke (Head of Service) and Dr S.T Shuaibu (Director Pension Accounts) were the signatories to the record between 30th July 2007 and sixth July 2011.
f) That Prof. O.A Afolabi (Head of Service) and Abdulrasheed Maina (Head Pension Task Team) moved toward becoming signatories of the record on sixth July 2011 after our revelation;
g) That the present signatories to the record were just refreshed in July 2011, quite a long while after Engr. E.O Okeke resigned from Service and Dr S.T Shuaibu redeployed from OHCSF. Dr Shuaibu neglected to appropriately hand over to his antecedent;
h) That the previous Head of administration Prof. O.A. Afolabi trained that the aggregate entirety of GBP36,717.68 ought to be dispatched to the Nigerian High Commission office in London for the instalment of the remarkable and ensuing annuity because of the ostracize (pioneer benefit) beneficiaries.
"Our examination uncovered that the NUP is qualified for 1% just of the aggregate month to month annuity as Union Dues, which is being paid by the OHCSF on a month to month premise. In perspective of the over, the OHCSF affirmed that the aggregate sum qualified for NUP between 23rd of April, 2008 and tenth March, 2011 is N780,000,000.00. In any case, it was found that the Union schemed with Dr Sani Shaibu to blow up the figures by N1.5billion.
"Subsequently, they were paid the aggregate whole of N2,290,593,322.35 (N2.3billion) from the OHCSF inside the period. The President and Secretary of the NUP, Alh Ali Abatcha, and Elder Actor Zal admitted that they restored the expanded add up to Dr Shuaibu. The case has been charged to court."
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