The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday filed a 24-count charge of stealing on the former Head of Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye, and two others.
The charges brought against the former HOS and two other accomplices border on stealing and obtaining by false pretence, otherwise known as 419.
Oronsaye and his two accomplices would be arraigned in court on Monday.
Already, the case has been assigned to Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Oronsaye was arrested by the anti-graft agency on Wednesday on allegations of corruption, but ran into fresh trouble when new allegations emerged that he was engaged in theft and money laundering.
The commission had granted him administrative bail and ordered him to report for further interrogation Friday and after hours of rigorous questioning by top officials of the commission, the 24-count charges were drawn up against him.
Recalled that December 15, 2013, Premium Times had exclusively reported how Oronsaye and other top directors of the Nigerian civil service colluded to allegedly defraud the nation of N6.2 billion pension fund.
The fund, allegedly stolen through a maze of bogus contracts, was meant for biometric enrolment and payment for computer accessories that were never supplied.
A reliable source at the commission had at the time said that between 2009 and 2010, almost N6 billion in fake contracts were awarded and paid for under Oronsaye’s supervision.
According to the EFCC, Innovative Solutions and Project Limited, a company allegedly handpicked by Oronsaye, received a contract of N63 million for biometric data capture.
The contract, however, served as a conduit through which three individuals and five companies got N705.36 million.
Other companies which had no contract to participate in the biometric data capture exercise but were paid include Frederick Hamilton Global Limited, who received N119.398 million; Xangee Technologies got N153.14 million; Fatidek Venture received N30.05 million; …Read More
Source:: New Mail
