The EFCC has arrested a level six accounts
officer at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Christy Olabode,
for an alleged fraud of N100 million.
According to a statement from Mr Wilson
Uwujaren, the commission`s Head of Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Friday, the
arrest was made on August 2.
The statement said that also arrested were
her younger brother, Abdul-Shehu Obaze, of the commercial department of FAAN in
Ilorin and Dominic Ojo, an IT officer at the headquarters in Lagos.
It said the arrest followed an anonymous
petition, which indicated that she allegedly diverted the said sum by inserting
names of non-FAAN staff into its payroll.
The statement said she allegedly conspired
with Obaze, who was found to have maintained not less than eight accounts in
seven new generation banks to perpetrate the fraud.
The statement added that the banks were used
to receive the funds for onward distribution to some high ranking officers in
FAAN.
“The funds were being paid into his various
bank accounts with the narrative, Furniture Allowance.
“However, while the allowance for FAAN’s
furniture is usually paid once in three years, Obaze received the allowance
several times in a year,’’ the statement said.
It added that investigations by the EFCC
revealed that the fraud had gone on since 2013.
It further added that the investigations
unearthed a payroll with names of many dead, retired and disengaged staff of
FAAN listed against Obaze’s different bank accounts.
“Upon interrogation, Obaze, a level nine
officer, confessed that other FAAN officials were involved in the fraud,
including Olabode’s husband, who works in the human resources department of
FAAN.
“Olabode and Ojo currently enjoy
administrative bail while Obaze remains in EFCC custody,’’ the statement
further said.
It added that they would be charged to court
as soon as investigations were concluded.
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