Kawu, DG NBC, Others Charged for 2.5bn Fraud
The Federal Government has filed charges against the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, Dr. Ishaq Moddibbo Kawu, Pinnacle Communications Limited; its founder, Lucky Omonuwa; and its Managing Director, Dipo Onifade, for alleged fraud to the tune of N2.5bn.
The charges were filed before a Federal High Court, Abuja, sequel to an investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
The charges border on the alleged misapplication of N2.5 billion meant for digital switchover.
ICPC had quizzed Dr. Moddibbo Kawu, who aspired for the governorship position of Kwara State on the All Progressives Congress platform and other top management of the agency, to ascertain their level of involvements in the fraud.
It will be recalled that the Presidency had in 2016, released N10 billion to the Ministry of Information and Culture for the digital switchover programme, which entails migration of telephone lines from analogue to digital platforms.
Moddibbo Kawu and Pinnacle Communications have denied the allegations, with the Director-General stating that there was nothing fraudulent in the transaction between the NBC and Pinnacle.