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.

Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Wole Oke     A.E. Afolabi     Jani Ibrahim     Kolawole Bashirat     Kale Ayo     Yekini Adio     BECE     Saraki     Olupako Of Share     Demola Banu     Kayode Ishola     Vasolar Consortium     Femi Gbajabiamila     Hajj     Mike Omotosho     Omotoso Musa     Olateju Lukman     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Ibrahim Oniye     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Barakat Community Secondary School     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Kunle Akogun     CT Ayeni     Ifelodun     Computer Based Test     Adedipe     Toyin Sanusi     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Adamu Atta     Yahya Mohammed     Kazeem Adekanye     Maryam A. Garuba     International Vocational Centre     GAMA     Islamic Development Bank     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ogidi-Oloje     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Femi Oladiji     Kayode Bankole     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Bankole Omishore     Siraj Oyewale     Lafiagi     March 18     Usman Rifun     Ibrahim Mashood     Solomon Edojah     Folaranmi Aro     Akorede     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Kuliyan Geri     Durosinlohun Atiku     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Muritala Olarewaju     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Rasaq Jimoh     Ike Ekweremadu     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Shehu Jimoh     Sarakite     Col. Adedipe     Apaola     Tanke Road     Oke-Kura     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Bayo Ajia     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     KWACOBPA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Shao     Akanji     Bello John Olanrewaju     Hakeem Idris     Seed Technologies     Alimi     Tafida     Admiralty Villa     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Bayer AG     Twitter     Kayode Ogunlowo     Dankaka     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Yomi Ogunsola     Village Alive Development Association     Ahmed Alhasssan     Rasheed Jimoh     Aremu Bose Deborah     March 18     Hamid Bobboyi     Umar Ayinla Saro     Ronke Adeyemi     Ojo Fadumila     Zara Umar     Pilgrims Board     Asa LGEA School     Offa Grammer School     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Obuh     MATTA Girls Foundation     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Iliasu     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Omotoso     Shuaibu Yaman     Kisira     Alfa Belgore     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Jimoh Bashir     Alabe     John Kehinde Salako     Code Of Conduct     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Demola Banu     Usman Yunusa     Abdulwahab Ololele     Council Of The Wise     Olatunji Bamgbola     Ishaq Oloyede     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     John Dara     Press Release     Kwara United     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Wasiu Onidugbe     CUTI     Hassan Saliu     IPSAS     Laolu Saraki     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Bamikole Omishore     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Quran     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Folaranmi Aro     Bisi Kristien     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Bolaji Nagode     BIR     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Adebayo Salami     Oniyangi     Tinubu Legacy Forum