ENUGU—THE Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of Nigeria Police Force, Milverton Ikoyi, Lagos, has interrogated some officials of Onitsha South Local Government Caretaker Committee in Anambra State over N300 million fraud allegedly uncovered in the council recently.
Some top officials of the council were said to have withdrawn the money from the council’s treasury under the pretense of paying for three road contracts within the commercial city but no job was done on these roads which they claimed was awarded and executed fully by faceless contractors.
This is coming even as officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu zonal Office, have reportedly commenced investigations into some petitions received from Anambra State alleging monumental fraud in the local government system.
One of such petitions before the anti-graft agency came from Njikoka Local Government Area where 12 members of the dissolved Caretaker committee accused the Chairman, Dazza Onyeibo Udeozor, the Head of Service, Dr. C.M. Afunugo and the Treasurer, Mr. Andy Orakwelu of perpetrating fraud running into millions of naira through payment for unapproved and non-executed projects as well as inflation of contracts.
The SFU operatives, sources said stormed Onitsha South local government about two weeks ago and arrested some top officials who were detained in Lagos before they were granted bail, following the intervention of some top officials of Anambra State Government.
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