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Protest Over Suspension of 7 FG Workers for N1.2bn fraud


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkJ85RnGabA?si=QnqY18_yK4R3r9WO

A Civil Society Organisation, Zero Tolerance for Social Immoralities Initiative, ZETSI, on Tuesday morning took to the National Human Rights Commission headquarters in Abuja to protest the suspension of 7 staff members of Rural Electrification Agency, REA, over alleged N1.2bn fraud.

The protesters chanting solidarity songs claimed the suspended members of staff of the electricity agency were unjustly suspended by REA management.

They accused the latter under the leadership of the Managing Director, Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, of being the chief perpetrator of the said fraud.

Bearing placards with inscriptions such as: "SALIHIJO SUSPENDS 7 REA STAFF AFTER USING THEM TO PERPETRATE N1.2BN FRAUD, "WE DEMAND JUSTICE FOR 7 REA STAFF SUSPENDED BY SALIHIJO AFTER USING THEM TO COMMIT N1.2BN FRAUD",
"N1.2BN FRAUD: SALIHIJO CAN'T SIT IN JUDGMENT OVER A FRAUD HE WAS INVOLVED IN," they called on the human rights commission to step into the matter and ensure justice is done.

Reading from the petition addressed to the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Anthony Okechukwu Ojukwu, ZETSI Chairman, Ibrahim Abdulrasaq Imam said, "They(the suspended workers) were used to perpetrate the said fraud between March and June last year by REA authority, and currently made fall guys and serving suspension for the heist.

"The road to their ordeal started last year’s March when the authorities transferred various sums to the tune of N1.2b from the agency’s coffers to personal bank accounts of the said staff members, including Usman Kwakwa Ahmed, who hitherto was seconded from the Accountant-General Office to REA.

"All of the affected staff are in the Account Department of REA. The monies were transferred in bit with less than N5m paid into each staff member's account at a time in order not to raise suspicions, and masked the fraud.

"The fraudulent scheme, an intrigue to clean out all the remaining 2022 allocation in the agency’s coffers, the narrations for the payments border on project supervisions and adjunct that have no relevant to their job.

"You would notice from the attached document that in total over N202m was paid into Asuni's account, with N126m, N212.9m, N211.3m, N249.8m and N215.9m laundered through the bank accounts of Karaye(First Bank), Henrietta (Diamond), Titus (FirstBank), Laure (GTB) and Usman Kwakwa Ahmed (GTB & Zenith) respectively.

"Ostensibly acting on instruction from those who made the fraud possible, most of the affected staff members redirected the stolen monies to the accounts of their colleague, Usman Kwakwa Ahmed.

"It became incontrovertible that those staff members were used as conduits for the fraud by the powers-that-be in REA when following the leakage of the heist to the media and the ensuing reportage, the Managing Director, Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad in an attempt to exonerate himself and some of his colleagues at the top set up a Disciplinary Committee headed by the Executive Director, Corporate Services, Mr Olaniyi Netufo.

"It turned out that Salihijo and Netufo were implicated with Kwakwa's response to his query by the panel detailing how on the MD's instructions he transferred the loot to some persons' accounts including that of Netufo.

"Clearly, Netufo partook in the said fraud.There are copius evidence that Usman Kwakwa Ahmed through his accounts and his company's account, Biznirrabi General and Supplies also transferred the spoils of fraud to that of Director of Fund, Abubakar Sambo, with Zenith, that of Olaniyi Netufo, one Adudu Yusuf Mohammed with FCMB, and Dan mama Mohammed's account.

"It may interest you to know that the crisis emanating from the N1.2bn fraud is in a state in which the MD and Netufo have thrown their accessories under the bus having suspended them indefinitely.

"Only Kwakwa and the Director of Fund, Sambo, escaped suspension because they are not staff members of REA but that of the Accountant-General Office and have returned to their base.

"We therefore call on you to use your good office to right this wrong and get justice for the suspended staff members, who have been seriously treated unfairly by their boss with their careers harmed."

CLOWNS!!!

This country ehn

Omo eh.....

The protest is justified but don't the victim know the consequences of their actions when they where aiding and abetting felony?

God abeg make Chelsea and Nigeria make me Happy tonight

Nigeria which way?

They should continue. Who cares when Nigerians are hungry?

The only protest I want to see is the entire country shut down and massively protest to the doorstep of our ineffective leaders. How can things be this bad and the BAT is chilling in his cave?

Shameless. Instead of dissociating self from the mess they are protesting.

Hmmmm

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It's really mind boggling hearing the amount of money these people embezzle while the common man on the street suffers and can't afford two square meals a day. 🥺

These people don't deserve to live, they deserve to face the firing squad for looting our Treasury with impunity.

Disgraceful act, imagine the guts in these people trying to defend representative that looted their common wealth, Nigerians.

Supporting criminality?

They deserve copper bullets in their skulls. We already know who's bankrolling them. If the affected workers were truly unjustly suspended, they know the appropriate steps to take. Industrial Court of Justice is there, but resorting to bribing some rotten heads to carry out a protest. Rogues!

Those protesters are also benefits of the fraud. But one of the things I like about this govt is the fight against corruption.

If they have superior evidence of who else was involved they should make it available to the authorities. Civil servants can put many of our corrupt leaders in jail if they want to.

That's the problem with us.

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So, the aim of the protest is for the fraudsters to go back to their jobs and continue their fraudulent activities as usual.??

If they have the concrete data against the Salihijo of a man, they should start spilling it.
Making cloudy claims will take them no-where.

Their killings was not clean enough.

What impetus!

Lol small thieves dey shake o

Noted.

nairalee:
The only protest I want to see is the entire country shut down and massively protest to the doorstep of our ineffective leaders. How can things be this bad and the BAT is chilling in his cave?

lpob take it easy.

Parydelegate:
Omo eh.....

The protest is justified but don't the victim know the consequences of their actions when they where aiding and abetting felony?

God abeg make Chelsea and Nigeria make me Happy tonight

one will surely make you cry tonite. You know who! 😁

Winneepye:

lpob take it easy.

If at this stage of where we are in this country u still think IPOB is our biggest problem then I'm sorry I have nothing to tell u.

I mean MILLIONS of people are hungry, lives are lost on a daily, kidnapping is at its peak but no, let's concentrate on tribalism and ethnic sentiments.

COMPAQ:
If they have superior evidence of who else was involved they should make it available to the authorities. Civil servants can put many of our corrupt leaders in jail if they want to.

Your last statement is Profoundly.
But the Civil Servants are the real enemies of Nigeria because they are the ones who devices - where to divert the Fraudulent Money,since they have been long on the Seat.So, Salaries is no longer sufficient for them,as if that is why they are there!
From one MIDAS -Min and Depts to another - they don't live on their Salaries but on Corruption Proceeds!
From State Ministries and Federal,it's all about Sharing the NBillions in the Offices!
Thank God,these MIDAS- are being Exposed!
Whare is Aisha Yesufu- to come and defend her People,na!
Nonsensical People Everywhere.

Civil servants again!

I always say it.

Politicians are the second problems we have in this country, no 1 is the civil service

Lol.. Na efcc I blame Sha....

Corruption fighting back.

Gone are the days of being embarrassed because you are accused of being corrupt.

These days, you wear the label with so much pride.

Na part of the stolen money den take arrange this protest so? Nigerians are truly not ready honestly, how can thief be caught and you will still be sympathizing.