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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Source Offences Commission (ICPC) will arraign a staff member of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abubakar Abdullahi Sambo, for allegedly paying N1.835 billion for an unauthorized project supervision exercise.
This is contained in ICPC’s charge sheet marked FHC/ABJ/ CR/209/2024, and filed on May 10, 2024, by Dr. Osuobeni Ekoi Akponimisingha, Assistant Chief Legal Officer, ICPC.
The defendant is sued before the Federal High Court, Abuja, for allegedly paying N1.835 billion to some persons for a purported project supervision exercise without requisite approval.
In the three-count charge obtained by TheTimes on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency accused the defendant of allegedly using his password to access the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System platform of REA to finalize the payments.
ICPC maintained that the development contravenes the Cybercrime Act, Public Enterprise Regulatory Commission Act and Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Source Offences Act, 2000.
The charges read,
TheTimes gathered that a date has not been fixed for arraignment.