Date Published: 05/26/09

Iyabo Obasanjo in another N890 million contract scam!

Iyabo Obasanjo

Sen. Iyabo Obasanjo representing Ogun central district in the national assembly seems never to be tired of scandals as she has been fingered in another contract scandals in far away Ebonyi State.

According to political source, Iyabo got the Multi Million mouth watering contract through one of her companies Safe Health Inc to supply some health equipments to 13 health centers in all the local governments in the state in 2006.

The contract is worth N890million and before the current Governor of the state resumed in May 2007, the Sam Egwu government had reportedly paid Sen. Obasanjo Safe Health Inc. N620m. Till date, sources say the contract is yet to be executed.

Now tension is raising as the current government in Ebonyi is very upset that Sen. Obasanjo Safe Health Inc. has not performed, at the moment we gathered that a 63 page petition has been sent to EFCC’s over the matter and Iyabo realizing the embarrassment it might caused her swung to attention and on Thursday night she was said to have hosted former governor of Delta state Dr James Ibori and former presidential Aide Andy Uba to see the petition does not see the light of the day.

According to the payment schedule Iyabo collected three checks of N283.5million all UBA's checks in May, June and July of 2006.

Former governor of Ebonyi and now education minister is said to be so upset with the way things have gone and he was said to have had a stormy phone session with the governor on how such delicate state matters got to the hand of the group that sent the petition to EFCC.

If Iyabo Safeway had performed well with the contract, health centers in the following local government Abakaliki , Afikpo-North, Afikpo-South, Ezza-North ,
Ezza-South , Ikwo , Ishielu , Ivo , Izzi , Ohaozara , Ohaukwu , Onicha would have been comfortable with modern health equipments.

Iyabo has in the last few month had to deal with two scandals, first was the power projects in which she used her maiden name to collect contracts alongside an Austrian company before the health care budget which saw Mrs. Grange the health minister losing her job.

Ukpakareports.