The tension in Radio Nigeria Abuja's co-thrift that was reported by our reporter some weeks ago might snowball into crisis if something is not urgently done by the management of the station that was formerly in Gwagwalada one of the six area councils of the FCT.

The Chairman of co-thrift Abdulrasheed Abdulkareem whose victory in the last December's election was said to have been influenced by some management staff among whom are Mohammed Bawa, Ahmed Agberanke and some top management staff that are owing the thrift a huge some of money. Abdulrasheed who was contested in the last election,our reporter gathered was brought in to cover the tracks of some executive members of the thrift as well as some top management staff who took loan but have being using their management positions to intimidate the executives from deducting the loans they took. The pressure was so much on Abdulrasheed and members of his executives that they booked appointment with the Zonal Director of the station to intimate her of the frauds perpetrated Danjuma Akuki,Mohammed Yakubu,Aminu Aikoye and Joel Ikani. The Director was said to be shocked and marveled by the level of frauds perpetrated by the past executives. Mrs Kighir who many people see as a nice, kind but no nonsense woman was reported to have told them that she was going to discuss the issue with the management so as to know the next step to take before the problem leads to crisis or before the case is reported to EFCC as being threatened by some staff of the co-thrift,there and then Akuki pleaded with her not to take any official action and signed an undertaking on behalf of Yakubu Mohammed,Aminu Aikoye and Joel Ikani to refund the "looted" money.

It is four months now that Abdulrasheed and members of his team have been at the helm of affairs of the co-thrift society,members are waiting for him to call for a congress meeting and brief them what he met on ground and fulfilment of his electoral promises during his campaigns, but Abdulrasheed is said to be scared of calling for a meeting as he is said to be confused of what to tell members about the frauds perpetrated by Akuki,Yakubu, Aikoye and Joel one of the jobs he was brought in to do by those who sponsored and supported him in the election. Some members of the society who spoke to our reporter said they were aware of all the atrocities committed by some members of the former executives "we are all aware of all the atrocities perpetrated by Akuki,Aikoye, Joel and Yakubu, how they used fictitious names to steal money from us,how they have not been paying back the loans they took and the land they claimed they bought at the sum of Eighteen million naira,we are just waiting for Rasheed to call for a meeting where we will tell them our minds and how our money will be recovered. It is true they have reported the case to the management but we know there is nothing the management can do about the recovery of our money,we are already working towards writing a petition to the DG,the Minister and the EFCC,these people must be brought to books,whether they refund our money or not."
Crimebusters was able to lay hands on the the society's annual reports for the years 2014 and 2015 as prepared by Aminu Aikoye and presented at the congress meeting. The reports show a lot of irregularities and frauds as alleged by members. As at the time the annual report was presented to the congress, co-thrift was having two hundred and seventy seven members,the total share according to the report as at 31st December 2015 was forty eight million,two hundred and ninety two thousand,five hundred naira.

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
1:LAND=#18,200,000:00

2: LOAN OUTSTANDING=#24,545,616:02

3: OTHER DEBTORS: #3,262,423:83(This is one of the bone of contentions in their co-thrift)

4: IPPIS: #3,534,460:15

Total: #49,842,502:81 (He presented wrong figures)

Surplus /Dividends : #1,250,000:81


The Major Bone Of Contentions

As at 31st December 2015 Joel Ikani was having a sum #222,000:00 as shares in his account but as the same 31st December 2015 the same member was owing co-thrift a sum #640,000:00. Their Co-thrift does not give more than double of what a member has as shares in his account.
The same applies to Yakubu Mohammed,Aminu Aikoye and Danjuma Akuki. Yakubu Mohammed at 31st December 2015 was having #273,000:00 as shares in his account but as at the end of the financial year was owing the sum of #875,000:00.
Danjuma Akuki who many people see as the mastermind and the most crooked of them all was having the sum of #279,000:00 as shares in his account as at the end of 2015 but ended up owing #806,000:00. Aminu Aikoye the then financial secretary who prepared the annual reports was as at the end of 2015 having the sum of #260,000:00 as shares in his account but as 31st December 2015 was owing #715,000:00. It should be noted that their co-thrift does not give more than double of what a member has in his account. The question in the mouth of every member is "how did they get their own "special" loans and who approved them.? The slogan that was always in the mouths of Akuki,Aikoye and Yakubu then was no money, even when members applied for little amount of money or wanted to withdraw their membership from the co-thrift.

Our reporter was also told that a lot of fictitious names were said to be owing the co-thrift,some of them are names on numbers 61, 66, 68, 70, 81, 85, 95 and 134 who were said to be owing the sum of #873,658:04, #400,000:00, #481,886:52, #1,295,025:86, #300,000:00, #400,000:00, #400,000:00 and #400,000:00 respectively. The members of the thrift who have gone through the financial reports are said to be warming up for a showdown with the executives anytime they call for a meeting, "we have seen the fake an dubious reports prepared and submitted by that illiterate crook called Aikoye,apart from the outrageous loans given to themselves,we also noted some fictitious names they claimed are owing the co-thrift,we do not know most of these people,if they say they are our staff,we will like to meet them one on one with their staff identity cards and our admin will help up to verify their claims, thank God the head of our admin Prince Duru is a straight forward man who cannot be bribed to cover up their crimes . Do you know that this people are so criminal minded that they even included the name of one Mr Joshua Tukura who retired last year in the list of those owing us. We've contacted Mr Joshua and he confirmed to us that he is not owing co-thrift,so we are waiting for Rasheed to call a meeting where they will explain all these fictitious names and claims to us. If they do not bring back all the money they stole from us,we shall insha - Allah report them to the DG,the Minister and EFCC. They thought they could use Rasheed to cover up their tracks but they are in for a shocker, not even the DG can cover up for them or safe them from going down."

Our reporter was also reliably informed that the two heads of departments that worked against the chairmanship female candidate in the last co-thrift election did so because she rebuffed their approach for office romance, one of them we learnt brought her to Radio Nigeria from the school she was teaching before joining FRCN and introduced her to the then second in command in the presentation unit for auditioning, she was seen to be good and was eventually employed after being an artist for some months. The two had since refused to forgive her of her refusal to show "body appreciations" for their kind gestures in securing her a job in FRCN.

All efforts to talk to Abdulrasheed proved abortive as his line was not going and was not on seat to talk to our us. When our reporter went to the office of the Zonal Director Mrs Kighir he was told by one of her aides that she was out of town on official journey and could not tell when she will return. The lady who refused to identify herself to our reporter,confirmed to us that it was true that the ZD met the executives of the co-thrift some weeks ago in the month of Marc, but could not say what was discussed as she was not part of the meeting.

Tracks Not Well Covered

Crimebusters painstakingly took time to go through the 2014 and 2015 annual reports prepared and presented to the congress early this year and discovered a lot of irregularities in the reports. For instance Nura Abdullahi member no 66 with staff no 12182 was at 31st December 2015 was having #100,000:00 but at the end of that same year was owing the co-thrift the some of #400,000:00, their co-thrift does not give members more than double of what he has as shares in his account. Goar Nanbam member no 134 with staff no 17695 was having #180,000:00 as shares in his account but at the end of 31st December 2015 was owing co-thrift the sum of #400,000:00. Saidu Ibrahim member no 69 with staff no 12188 was having #150,000:00 but now owing the co-thrift the sum of #400,000:00. Magana Abdulkadir member no 72 with staff no 12205 was having #80,000:00 but is now owing the co-thrift #300,000:00. Salihu Dan Asabe with staff no 11917 whose name was not on the members list is said to be owing #175,000:00. Yakubu Joseph also known as Joe Parry used to be a member of co-thrift was given a GTB before leaving the corporation unceremoniously about six years ago is said to be owing #1,295,025:86,his GTB loan was said to have been paid back by members but the executives are still using his name as one of those owing,to deceive and steal from the co-thrift. The last but not the least is Adamu Anasara member no 61 with staff number 12149 is said to be owing the co-thrift outrageous sum of #873,658:04 as at 31st December 2015, more than the loans Akuki, Yakubu, Aikoye and Joel gave to themselves, we took time to go through the list of of members of Radio Nigeria Abuja co-thrift the name Adamu Anasara was not on the list. This outrageous amount of money against this ghost member and Yakubu Joseph (Joe Parry) is believed to be among some of the money members alleged to have been "stolen" by Yakubu, Aikoye, Joel and Yakubu.

Posers For The Co-Thrift Executives and The Management Of Radio Nigeria Abuja

Who is Adamu Anasara member no 61 on list of members submitted by Aikoye with staff number 12149?is he a staff of the corporation and member of the co-thrift?what department is he?what level is he?how much is his shares in the co-thrift and why is he owing the co-thrift that outrageous amount of money as stated in the 2014 and 2015 annual reports prepared and presented to the congress? The co-thrift members will certainly want to know.

Now that the case is before the management, members of the thrift await to see what action will be taken by the by them to douse the tension and refund the money "stolen" by Akuki,Aikoye,Yakubu and Joel and also the punitive measures that will be taken against them so as to serve as deterrent to others.
An aggrieved member told our reporter that "What these people don't know is that,the world is now a global village where people make use of social media to voice out their grievances, we will make use of the social media to let the world know about our plights, who knows the news might get to the notice of the President and the honourable minister even before we write our petitions,let's see how the management will kill or sweep this case under the carpets. This is frauds we are talking about and these are senior and management staff who might end up overseeing the affairs of Radio Nigeria,is this how they will manage the station in future? This is a test to all the ogas in FRCN,we wait to see how how they manage it.?"


From the Radio House Abuja,this is Eagle eyes reporting for Crimebusters.