NEWS;Prof in EFCC net over N23m fraud

Abuja: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said yesterday, it
had arrested the Director General of the National Biotechnology
Development Agency, NABDA, Professor (Mrs) Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu, for
her alleged involvement in criminal conspiracy and diversion of public
funds to the tune of N23 million.
According to the commission, its operatives arrested Prof Ogbadu since
Wednesday, June 28 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following her alleged
linkage with the Bayelsa State Director of Bioresources Development
Centre, Mr. Josiah Habu who is being investigated by the agency in a
case of fraudulent diversion of the sum of N75 million belonging to the
body.
A statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson
Uwujaren and made available to Vanguard last night, said that Prof
Ogbadu received the sum of N23 million through a bank account belonging
to the wife of Habu, Esther, a development she allegedly admitted in a
voluntary statement made to the EFCC.
The statement said, “Further investigations have also shown that, Mrs.
Habu is one of the contractors with Bioresources Development Centre,
Odi, Bayelsa State and a total sum of N603 million has been traced to
her in different deals involving over 20 directors of Bioresources
Development Centres across the country.
“Ogbadu’s linkage with all these scams is being investigated. She has
been duly served with bail conditions while investigations continue.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/prof-efcc-net-n23-m-fraud/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/prof-efcc-net-n23-m-fraud/
Abuja: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said yesterday, it
had arrested the Director General of the National Biotechnology
Development Agency, NABDA, Professor (Mrs) Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu, for
her alleged involvement in criminal conspiracy and diversion of public
funds to the tune of N23 million.
According to the commission, its operatives arrested Prof Ogbadu since
Wednesday, June 28 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following her alleged
linkage with the Bayelsa State Director of Bioresources Development
Centre, Mr. Josiah Habu who is being investigated by the agency in a
case of fraudulent diversion of the sum of N75 million belonging to the
body.
A statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson
Uwujaren and made available to Vanguard last night, said that Prof
Ogbadu received the sum of N23 million through a bank account belonging
to the wife of Habu, Esther, a development she allegedly admitted in a
voluntary statement made to the EFCC.
The statement said, “Further investigations have also shown that, Mrs.
Habu is one of the contractors with Bioresources Development Centre,
Odi, Bayelsa State and a total sum of N603 million has been traced to
her in different deals involving over 20 directors of Bioresources
Development Centres across the country.
“Ogbadu’s linkage with all these scams is being investigated. She has
been duly served with bail conditions while investigations continue.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/prof-efcc-net-n23-m-fraud/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/prof-efcc-net-n23-m-fraud/
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