Immediate past minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and his wife,
Judith are the major beneficiaries of the huge financial sleaze in the
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Pointblanknews.com can
report.
According to a petition to President Mohammadu Buhari, signed by some
Senior Staff of the NDDC sent to Pointblanknews.com, they alleged that
Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State, and his wife are the main
receivers of massively illicit funds delivered as kickbacks by three
different NDDC boards which the former minister installed.
They accuse the former minister had installed three boards of the
commission through which he and his wife influenced contracts and
syphoned monies.
Pointblanknews had reported how a gang of rogue contractors in cahoots
with NDDC top officials, fleeced the agency of N750billion within three
months through awards of shady contracts.
According to sources within commission, the 750 billion naira was shared
among Prof Nelson Brambaifa Ag. MD/CEO, Mr Chris Amadi Ag. Executive
Director Finance and Samuel Ajenekevwe Ajogbe Executive Director
Projects NDDC and their Gang of Thieves.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) began investigation
into the massive fraud.
The anti-graft agency in its preliminary investigation confirmed that
funds were diverted from the NDDC account domiciled in the Central Bank
of Nigeria (CBN) to commercial banks.
Amaechi had following the unveiling of the corruption in the NDDC,
raised an alarm over plots to smear his image.
But an open letter sent to Pointblanknews.com alleged that not only are
Rotimi Amaechi and his wife, judith, involved in the massive looting in
the NDDC over the years “but they are the main receivers of these loots
at the end of each board.”.
According to the Open Letter, Amaechi has used three successive NDDC
boards to loot the region dry, said the former minister and his wife
Judith are beneficiaries of 75 emergency roads that were over bloated
and padded to the tone of 400m each from the incompetent Acting Board
led by Nelson Brambaifa.
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI. PRESIDENT COMMAMDER OF ARMED
FORCES FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. (GCON)
Your Excellency,
CLEAR FACTS THAT ROTIMI AMAECHI IS PART OF THE SLEEZE IN THE NDDC.
We wish to commend you sir for the prompt reaction of the EFCC and we
are hopeful other agencies would be fully involved in the renewed
anti-corruption purge in the NDDC, no matter how highly placed the
person is.
Following our initial letter was published by the various online
platform. We noticed that Rotimi Amaechi who was tour last
transportation minister came out to start ranting that there are plans
to publish insidious and fictions with the sole aim of involving him
with the huge theft in the NDDC when nothing of such was even mentioned
earlier.
As a result of this we wish to state the record straight. Rotimi Amaechi
and his wife Judith are not only involved in the massive looting in the
NDDC over the years but are the main receivers of these loots at the end
of each board.
We the senior staff of the NDDC have watched over time how this man that
clearly has no iota of interest in the development of the Niger delta
region have used 3 successive boards to loot the region dry.
We humbly beg and urge you NOT to only stop him from re-nominating
anyone to the NDDC board BUT also consider not returning him as minister
to your new cabinet the entire country awaits.
This man, Rotimi Amaechi has plundered the NDDC to the extent that he is
the reason why every single appointee he brings loots heavily to satisfy
his ever growing need for stolen funds. Or,
1. How can Rotimi Amaechi deny that his wife Judith is not a beneficiary
of 75 emergency roads that were over bloated and padded to the tone of
400m each from the incompetent Acting Board led by Nelson Brambaifa?
2. Can Amaechi deny that Sam Adjogbe claims on different forums of
bribing him Amaechi with 3billion naira cash to be returned as Acting ED
projects in February be a lie?
3. The billions he has so far scooped up from the NDDC under the
supervision of his puppets Nelson Brambaifa, Chris Amadi and Sam Adjogbe
is not real?
4. As little as the water hyacinth that is designed by the Federal
government for youths, did Rotimi and his wife judith not colonise and
seize the list, filling it with fictitious names so as to claim the
billions released? Leaving the Niger Delta youths with nothing?
Your Excellency, Rotimi Amaechi is the cancer worm that has made the APC
unpopular in the Niger Delta region and is more of a liability to you
and your government than an asset.
We dare say instruct the EFCC and ICPC to check Rotimi Amaechi accounts
and assets and see if he won’t be pronounced a thief that he is.
We urge you Mr. President to let the fear of Allah guide you. You have
seen it all In life and should let the fear of Almighty Allah guide you
in choosing your ministers. Rogues and criminals with known character
must NOT be included in the new cabinet. For once let the Niger delta
people breath from the selfish grip of this wicked and unpopular soul
called Rotimi Amaechi who lacks respect for everyone, including the
dead.
Our dear president, fact remains a massive fraud has been committed in
the NDDC and the named conspirators should be made to pay the price.
Especially Sam Adjogbe who have stolen for over 3 years now and brags to
offer part of the loot to the EFCC and ICP and walk away a free man to
enjoy his loot and also rogue contractor Nnamdi Okykar who in every
forum says the EFCC is a toothless bull dog and can’t do him anything as
the bill of engineering measurements and evaluation has been well
doctored and covered their tracks.
We ask that you make the NDDC a prized attention for your fight against
corruption. Let the EFCC diligently carry out their investigations,
bring in independent quantity surveyors to re-evaluate all the emergency
road projects executed by the companies Escobar and Diamond D’ Nsky
where Massive padding running into billions would be uncovered.
As for Rotimi Amaechi, we leave him to Almighty God and his conscience.
We wish to commend you sir for the prompt reaction of the EFCC and we
are hopeful other agencies would be fully involved in the renewed
anti-corruption purge in the NDDC, no matter how highly placed the
person is.
Following our initial letter, which was published last week, the EFCC
has been noticed to have swung into action by inviting and investigating
the trio of Prof Nelson Brambaifa, Chris Amadi and Sam Adjogbe to Abuja
for continuous questioning. We also noticed the prompt action of the
EFCC to instruct banks not to honour any payment request from this rogue
and criminalized acting management committee.
However, we appeal that the EFCC extends this probe, investigations and
questioning to all mentioned in the petition sent to your office. These
includes;
– Engr. Eyoh Etteh (Director UIDW and Chairman Emergency road repair
committee) he is extremely central to all the fraud committed and will
lead to every info needed to nail and jail these thieves.
– Kingsley booth (Asst Director UIDW) who has criminally awarded himself
over 27 major projects against civil service norms and rules.
– Engr Abraham Udokwo (Asst Dir PMS seconded to UIDW) who is the main
brain behind the manipulation and padding of Bill of engineering,
measurements and evaluation from which billions are stolen from the
NDDC.
– Engr Emma Audu ( Former Dir PMS) chronically corrupt and inept and has
illegally awarded to his personal consultancy company consultancies
valued at over 3 billion against civil service rules and norm.
– Engr Onu (Dep Director PMS) a chronic corrupt bully that forces
contractors to always pay a percentage to him and the cartel thereby
reducing the value of the projects awarded.
-Chidi Nwankwo (Dep Director Finance) an EXTREMELY corrupt staff that
has milked the NDDC over the years via minute illegal deductions from
every contact payment in the system and also illegal assets of emergency
roads to himself which are padded and billions stolen of which he
invested in a hotel mentioned in the earlier petition and situated off
stadium road portharcourt and most recently a 550m naira house with
inbuilt lift system in golf estate portharcourt. There is no where on
earth this criminal can justify these earnings except haven stole from
the NDDC.
– Engr Sese (Dir Environment) who has kept fooling Prof Brambaifa by
deducting one slot of water hyacinth from each approved company Prof
Brambaifa signs on. That way this heavily corrupt Sese gathers hundreds
of millions that his Boss does not even know about and illegally takes
that for himself for spending on his numerous girlfriends.
– Nnamdi Okykar who is the main conduit of use in this massive heist
ever recorded in the NDDC using his companies ESCOBAR NIG LTD and
DAIMOND D’ NSKY LIMITED to steal billions through inflated emergency
road repairs.
By posting one of such illegally inflated emergency road project for
investigation we have offered the EFCC the needed lead in getting ALL
stolen money from these criminals and also prepare documents to try them
in court with all the discovered funds and properties seized from them
and resold to plough the same funds back into the NDDC for use for the
poor suffering masses of the oil producing communities of the region.
We specifically appeal that the EFCC makes haste in rounding up this
investigation so that these bad elements can be sacked and removed from
the NDDC before they are allowed to corrupt the new board that we trust
his excellency to inaugurate sooner than later.
The EFCC has the legal right to ask for all emergency road projects the
rogue criminal NNAMDI OKYKAR has executed for the NDDC and assign an
independent Quantity surveyor to quantify these projects. What would be
unraveled we dare say would be mind boggling.
Also the bank accounts of these sets of common thief’s who hide under
the banner of the NDDC to keep stealing can be called up by the EFCC
where billions and hundred of millions that cannot be accounted for
possible sources nor commiserate with their expected wages as civil
servants would be found.
Indeed your excellency the looting in the NDDC under your watch as
president is clearly record breaking and it would do the federal
government and ruling APC good to pressure the EFCC into getting to the
root of the illicit wealth of these listed criminals.
Findings would make Bukola Saraki look like a saint when the EFCC
combines the total amount stolen by these persons as compared to what
Saraki stole while serving as governor and Senate president.
We urge your excellency to please allow the truth and piousness of Islam
as contained in the holy Quran compel you to demand a conclusive report
from the EFCC on this petition.
We also pray that a decent and well-meaning top official of the EFCC
would be moved by the level of massive stealing in the NDDC and follow
this investigation to its logical conclusion.
We know if these criminals listed are removed from the NDDC via credible
investigation and prosecution, Sanity and justice would return and
developmental projects and initiative as directed by the federal
government would reach the masses.
JUSTICE MUST BE ACHIEVED!!!
Long live the federal republic of Nigeria.
Long live the Niger Delta region.
CONCERNED SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS OF NDDC.