Council boss in EFCC net over N17.5m fraud
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, onTuesday, arrested the outgoingChairman, Kuje Local Government Area, Abuja, Tete Ishaku Shaban, for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence and abuse of office to the tune of N17,500,000( Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira) .
The complainant, Najumudeen Gidado, according to the agency spokesperson, Wilson Uwujare, alleged that sometime in 2014, his company, Trade Executive Network Limited, bidfor the reconstruction and modernization of Kuje MainMarket in Abuja.
According to Gidado, his company was awarded the contract and a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, was signed.
He further alleged that Shabanlater demanded for the sum ofN17, 500,000.00million to facilitate the approval of the contract for his company, which he obliged.
“I later paid the N17,500,000 into his accounts domiciled in Zenith and FCMB Banks,” Gidado said.
However, Shaban allegedly awarded the contract to another company and refused to refund the petitioner, without any explanation.
