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.

Afonja     Barakat Community Secondary School     Kwara 2023     Bankole Omisore     Kwabes     Kazeem Adekanye     Salary     Haleeman Salman     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Rueben Parejo     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Transition Implementation Committee     Raimi Iyanda     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Muhammad Yahya     Al-Hikmah Radio     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Moses Afolayan     Ibrahim Bio     Mohammed Yisa     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Wale Oladepo     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Owo Arugbo     Al-Ilory     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Damilola Yusuf     School Of Nursing     Moro     Federal Allocation     Abubakar Ndakene     Sanitation Exercise     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Kwara Liberation Group     Doyin Awoyale     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Jide Ashonibare     Kwara State Government     Abdullahi Atanda     AIT Ilorin     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Saka Onimago     Abubakar Atiku     Kwara State Governor     Students Union Government     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Mutawali     Idowu Laro     Ubandoma     Bisi Kristien     Arandun     Noah Yusuf     Akanji     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Sidikat Akaje     ER-KANG     Abdulkadir Orire     MATTA Girls Foundation     NIPOGA     Harrison Osauwagboe     Elewu     Offa Poly     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Orire     Magaji Nda     Abdullahi Biffo     Emir Of Yashikira     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Tanke     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Durosinlohun Atiku     Kayode Zubair     Dan Masanin     Kwara University Of Education     Principal Private Secretary    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Haliru Dantoro     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Kawu Baraje     LEAH Charity Foundation     Suleiman Mora Omar     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Kwara Central     Taofik Abdulkareem     Sola Saraki University     Samuel Adedoyin     Bolaji Aladie     Bisi Kristien     Suleiman Ajadi     Amusa Bello     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Abdullahi Biffo     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Al-Ilory     Halimat Yusuf     Kwarareports     Isiaka Gold     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Sunday Otokiti     Bankole Omishore     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     IEDPU     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Olupako Of Share     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Amusement Park     Sanitation Exercise     Offa Poly     Harmony Holdings     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Iyabo Adewuyi     Onikijipa     Oni Adebayo     Ilesha-Gwanara     Lateef Fagbemi     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Dunmade     Boko Haram     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Alaaya     Hikmah AbdulKareem     BECE     Rotimi Atere     Abdulazeez Uthman     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Muhammad Yahya     SSUCOEN     FOMWAN     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Galland Marcias     Ijakadi     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Gani Saadu     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Saka Keji     Bio Ibrahim     Waheed Ibrahim     International Aviation College     Gbenga Olawepo     Read With Me     Moronfoye     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Eleyele     SWAN     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Mahe Abdulkadir