Former SUBEB Chief Denies Ex-Governor's Involvement in Managing UBEC Funds Amid Misappropriation Trial
A crucial witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the trial of former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Finance Commissioner, Demola Banu, has testified that neither defendant was a signatory to the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) account.
Dr Musa Dasuki, a retired Permanent Secretary who served as a board member and accounting officer at KWSUBEB, made this revelation during cross-examination at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. He affirmed that Ahmed and Banu did not play any direct role in managing the agency's finances during his tenure.
Dasuki further explained that the contentious N5.78 billion loan cited in the case was utilised primarily for paying workers' salaries, contrary to EFCC allegations that the funds were misappropriated.
The commission had accused the duo of diverting Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) matching grants between 2013 and 2019. However, both defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The court is currently evaluating the evidence presented as the trial progresses.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Folashade Omoniyi Chief Imam Of Offa Lai Gobir Tunde Akanbi Hikmah AbdulKareem CT Ayeni Aishatu Ahmed Gobir Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi Olabode George Towoju Turaki Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs Abegunde Goke Gobir Organization Foundation PPS Femi Gbajabiamila AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem Idris Garba Fatimat Saliu Sa\'adu Gambari Trader Moni Irepodun Al-Hikmah Radio Abdullahi Samari Shero Talaka Parapo Bashir Badawi Gurei Shoprite Ibrahim Oniye Balogun-Ojomu Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station Jimba Babatunde Tunde Yusuf Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed Bayer AG Sobi Hill Oniye Mujtabah Bature Zulu Gambari Abiodun Musa Aibinu Abdulmajeed Wahab Alabere Harmony Holdings ER-KANG Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa Garba Dogo Wasiu Odewale Saka Onimago Prince Sunday Fagbemi Yusuf Abdulwahab ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Hakeem Idris Toun Okewale-Sonaiya Hassan A. Saliu Oyin-Zubair Riskat Opakunle Offa Olukotun Of Ikotun Aisha Ahman-Pategi Kwara Restoration Project Wole Oke Ben Duntoye Ayinde Oki Convocation Ceremonies Towoju Mohammed Abdulahi Nnazua Saduki Lafiagi Valsolar Aremu Bose Deborah Malete Millennium Development Goals Arinola Lawal Mohammed Haruna Khairat Gwadabe Senate President Alabi Lawal

