EFCC Sues Moro, others On Immigration Job Scam

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EFCC Sues Moro, others On Immigration Job Scam

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Former Minister for the Interior, Abba Moro, is to be charged to Court in an 11- count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, procurement fraud and money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) revealed that Moro, Anastasia Daniel Nwobia, F. O Alayebami, Mahmood Ahmadu (at large) and Drexel Tech Nigeria Ltd were said to have defrauded Nigerian job applicants of a total sum of N676,675,000 (six hundred and seventy six million, six hundred and seventy five thousand naira). They were said to have charged each applicant N1, 000 through e-payment portal for an online recruitment exercise into the Nigerian Immigration Service on March, 17, 2013. They did not follow the necessary procedure laid down by the government in contract award, and their action is in contravention of the Public Procurement Act, No. 65 of 2007. The EFCC also said the award of the contract to Drexel Tech Nig Ltd had no prior advertisement, no needs assessment and a procurement plan was not carried out before the award of the contract. The EFCC said, ”˜”˜The contract was awarded through selective tendering procedure by invitation four firms without seeking approval of Bureau for Public Procurement contrary to sections 40, 42 and 43 of the Public Procurement Act, No. 65 of 2007 and punishable under section 58 of the same act. Drexel Tech Global Nigeria Limited, the company that provided the online enlistment and recruitment services is said to be unregistered and had no legal capacity to enter into the said contract. There is also said to be no budgetary provision for the exercise in the 2014 federal capital budget hence the applicants were made to bear the responsibility of funding the project without approval of the board contrary to section 22(5) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Act 2000.”

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