Kwara High Court Sets Dates for Former Governor's Alleged UBEC Fund Diversion Trial

Date: 2025-03-14

The Kwara State High Court has scheduled April 10 and 11 for the continuation of the trial involving former governor AbdulFatah Ahmed and his finance commissioner, Demola Banu, over allegations of diverting ?5.78 billion from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) fund.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting the case, with both defendants pleading not guilty to the charges.

During proceedings, Engineer Abdulsalam Olanrewaju, a former project manager at the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), testified that despite the state government remitting counterpart funds in 2014 and 2015, no contracts were awarded for the intended projects. He added that while contractors for the 2013 projects were eventually paid after prolonged delays, funds allocated for subsequent initiatives remained unutilised.

Under cross-examination, Olanrewaju clarified that the authorised signatories to the SUBEB account included the accountant, permanent secretary, and executive chairman of the board.

Earlier, another witness, Dr. Musa Dasuki, reiterated that UBEC and SUBEB matching grants are exclusively designated for school infrastructure development and must not be diverted for alternative purposes.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kayode Ishola     Adeleke Ogungbe     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Mohammed Abdulahi     Mutawali     Abubakar Lah     Salaudeen Oyewale     Femi Agbaje     Mazars Consulting     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Kunle Suleiman     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Pategi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Jumoke F. Ajao     Elerin Of Adanla     Jaiz Bank     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Kayode Alabi     Bashir Badawi     University Road     Aro Yahaya     Riskat Opakunle     Mohammed Abduraheem     Baruten     College Of Education     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Amusa Bello     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     IsDB     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     CELF     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Femi Oladiji     Borgu     Matthew Okedare     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Kwasu     Okin Biscuits     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Baba Isale     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Abdulhakeem Amao     Lanre Jimoh     Face Masks     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Wahab Isa     Read With Me     Awoye     Apaokagi     Isiaq Khadeejah     Al-Ilory     Isin     Afeyin-Olukuta     Abdulazeez Arowona     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Babs Iwarere     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Bursary     Aminu Adisa Logun     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Tosin Saraki     Garment Factory     Ayobami Seriki     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Saraki     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Gamji Members Association     Ope Saraki     Kwara State Television     Adamu Attah    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ambassador Kayode Laro     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Oko-Erin     Amusa Bello     EFCC     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Isiaka Alikinla     Ahman Pategi University     Aliyu Muyideen     GANZY     Rotimi Oyedepo     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Baruten     Yunus Lawal     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Centre For Digital Economy     Ibrahim Bio     Toyin Saraki     Sheikh Ariyibi     Ibrahim Abikan     Salihu Jibril Garbi     N-Power     Azeez Bello     Firdaos Amasa     Ita-Ore     John Olobayo     Alaaya     Danhawa     Tunde Akanbi     Jimba Babatunde     Adeleke Ogungbe     Abdulkadir Orire     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     UTME     Abdulhakeem Amao     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Gaa Olobi     Bayo Onimago     Muazam Nayaya     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Harrison Osauwagboe     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Shehu Jimoh     Dasuki Belgore     Dauda Adesola     Bolakale Saka     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     NSCIA     Taiwo Joseph     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Abubakar Usman Jos     Obuh     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Alfa Belgore     COEASU     Dairo Kunle Paul     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Al-Adaby     NULGE     Ilorin International Airport     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Ramadhan     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Maigida     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Ramat Oganija     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Ifelodun     CUTI     Gbenga Adebayo     Durbar     Orisa Bridge     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Dele Momodu     Olokoba