Whistle Blowers uncovers Niger-Delta Multi-billion Naira scam involving APGA Senatorial candidate, APC House of reps candidate
A petition raised by the legal representation of COINOF (Kanu Ogbonnia O & Co.) with reference: KANUCHA/AG/DPPF/MJ/CRMCONSPCOMFELFRECSAMSAP/VOL.1/22 of 10th June 2022 who has gone ahead to petition the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, DPPF, the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the National Security Adviser, Department of State Services (DSS) and Commissioner of Police Anti-Fraud Unit, to investigate and bring to book, the culprits and use same as scape goats case to deter other unscrupulous Nigerian citizens or foreigners who may be planning in any way to defraud government in such malevolent manner as exhibited in the present case.
A scam aimed at sabotaging the government of Nigeria and the Niger-Delta people has been uncovered by a whistleblower, as the said scam was perpetuated by a former commissioner in the Ebonyi State government and senatorial candidate for Ebonyi Central Senatorial District, in the just concluded primaries in the state on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, SENATOR DR. EMMANUEL UZO ONWE, and CHIEF DANIEL CHIMEZIE OKEKE, the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal constituency, who doubles as Chairman of Messers Express Concern International Ltd and Swiss Spirit Danag Hotels Port Harcourt, and one MRS UCHENNA ILOMECHIZINE who claimed to be a consultant to the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
The whistleblower revealed that a contract to the tune of N482, 422,500.00 was awarded in line with the Train, Employ and Mentor (TEM) Scheme of the Presidential Amnesty Programme to train 90 Niger-Delta Youths (PAP Beneficiaries) under the Niger-Delta Youths Empowerment Project on Rice, Fish and Poultry Farming for a duration of six months.
The contract was awarded to MESSERS EXPRESS CONCERN INTERNATIONAL LTD based in Port Harcourt, with problems beginning when unusual withdrawals by the culprits to the tune of N148, 634, 690.75 from 3rd and 8th June 2022 (within 4 working days as evidenced from the FCMB project account number: 8705907010) without any proof of dedicating the monies to anything related to the contract delivery (either through communicating or administering the project to expected students for the program or any procurements made), was discovered.
The whistleblower revealed that the said contract was awarded after Senator Dr. Emmanuel Onwe, Chief Okeke and Mrs. Ilomechizine deceived the Presidency Amnesty Programme, convincing the agency that they had fishery, poultry and rice farms for the delivery of the projects with investigations revealing that the farms neither existed nor did the contractors in any way have farms connected to their names or the company used for bidding for the contract.
The entire plan was obviously hatched to maliciously steal money from the federal government and utilize this to fund the political campaign of Senator Dr. Onwe and Chief Okeke, who individually contested and won the primaries of their various constituencies.
