The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, says it has interrogated some directors at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over alleged diversion of N5.474 billion COVID-19 funds.
In a statement on Saturday, the ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, said the interrogation followed petitions and months of intelligence gathering on the alleged diversion of the fund which was meant for the procurement of Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, for COVID-19 frontline health workers in the nine states.
Mrs Oguagua also disclosed that the ICPC is also investigating the payments of millions of naira to NDDC for foreign training during the COVID-19 lockdown “which were never attended”, as well as the non-payment of entitlements to students on foreign scholarships.
Other allegations being investigated by ICPC include “the selling of back-dated contract award letters for projects and awards of contracts that were not captured in the budget of the NDDC”.
“ICPC had already retrieved relevant documents with which to continue investigations towards the recovery of diverted funds and prosecution of breaches of the law,” the statement read.
