David Umahi |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday
arrested one Austin Umahi, brother to the current governor of Ebonyi
State, David Umahi along with two others: Chinyere Egwuche and Mabel
Dikibo over a N400million slush fund linked to the 2015 presidential
campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The suspects, all staff of Brass Engineering & Construction
Nigeria Limited and Osborn La-Palm Royal Resort, were arrested following
their refusal to honour invitations by the EFCC for questioning in an
ongoing investigation involving both companies.
While Austin Umahi doubles as the chairman of both companies,
Chinyere Egwuche and Marbel Dikibo are also signatories to the
companies’ accounts.
Investigations by the EFCC revealed that the N400million was released
by the Director of Finance, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation,
Nenadi Usman, to the Ebonyi State chapter of the PDP for the 2015
presidential election.
The said fund was moved from Fidelity Bank Abakaliki on March 27,
2015, to an Access Bank, Abakaliki account, where one Maxwell Umahi
further moved N100, 000,000 and N300, 000,000 respectively into the
accounts of Brass Engineering & Construction Nigeria Limited and
Osborn La-Palm Royal Resort respectively.
One of the suspects, Chinyere Egwuche subsequently withdrew the N300
million paid into the account of Osborn La-Palm, which according to her
was used to finance further the construction of Osborn La-Palm Hotels in
Abakaliki, Uburu and Port Harcourt, while the N100 million paid into
the account of Brass Engineering and Construction Nigeria Limited was
transferred to a certain David Umahi Faith Foundation.
Although investigation is still ongoing, the above mentioned companies has been traced to the Ebonyi state governor.
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