The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and
the National Security Adviser Maj. Gen. Mohammed Babagana Monguno (retd.)
have allegedly been implicated in the fraudulent appointment letter issued
to Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo as the Coordinator of the Presidential
Amnesty Program, Pointblanknews.com investigations revealed.
Prof. Dokubo’s appointment letter issued by the office of the Secretary to
the Government of the Federation and dated 27th February 2017 states that
his appointment took effect from 25th February 2017 which was thirteen
months prior to the sack of the former Amnesty Boss, Brig. Gen. Paul
Tarela Boroh (retd.), according to an investigations by
Pointblanknews.com.
Former Amnesty Boss, Brig. Gen. Boroh (retd.) was appointed in August
2015 and his sack was announced on the March 13, 2018.
Prof. Dokubo could not have been appointed to resume duties at the time as
stated by the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Sources told Pointblanknews.com that Prof. Dokubo’s appointment by the SGF
and NSA thirteen months before the sack of the former Amnesty Boss, is
allegedly intended to defraud taxpayers.
Not foreseeing President Buhari’s re-election victory as at that time, the
SGF and NSA intended for Prof. Dokubo to have been employed for a minimum
of two (2) years as at February 2019. This, according to
Pointblanknews.com findings will enable Prof. Dokubo to become eligible
for his severance payment, which is 300 percent above his annual salary of
N1,942,865.00.
Prof. Dokubo’s has successfully compromised NSA Maj. Gen. Monguno (retd.)
for nominating him as the Amnesty Coordinator by awarding contracts
running into billions to his cronies and family members, according to a
top management source at the Amnesty office.
Sources told Pointblanknews.com that Prof. Dokubo continue to tell friends
and cronies that he has awarded lucrative contracts to the NSA’s
Associates and Family Members to ensure he remain as the Amnesty
Coordinator.
Only recently, Prof. Dokubo allegedly orchestrated the looting of the
N60Billion training complex in Boro-Town, Kaiama, Bayelsa state to cover
up their fake non-existent supply contracts in excess of N13billion.
The continuous fraud and out-right stealing of public funds being
perpetrated by the Amnesty Program boss against Niger Deltans is
unprecedented, according to insiders familiar with his methods of
operation of the Prof. Dokubo at the agency.
The Presidential Amnesty Program Office headed by Prof. Dokubo is under
the direct supervision of the National Security Adviser Maj. Gen. Mohammed
Babagana Monguno (retd.), and it is in a chaotic state. Numerous fake
non-existent supply contracts are being paid to cronies, sources said.
On April 2 2019, Prof. Dokubo and his security agents held all the junior
staffs at the Niger Delta Amnesty office and forced them to surrender
their phones. Security agents reviewed all the contents of staff phones.
Junior staffs were later instructed not to come to the office with their
phones. They were all suspected to be the sources of documents that have
been leaked to Pointblanknews.com.
This is not the first time the NSA has been accused of financially
compromising his office.
The former Amnesty Boss, Gen. Boroh had boasted of his cordial
relationship with the NSA whom he alleged benefits from lucrative
contracts from the Amnesty office.
Gen. Boroh recently forfeited N732.85million to the Federal Government.
This followed the order of Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court
in Abuja, who granted the application of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), seeking the final forfeiture of the funds. The EFCC
believed the money was stolen from the Presidential Amnesty Program Office
by 17 persons joined in the suit.
The forfeiture included a plot of land situated around Katsina Road by
Ogbomosho Road, Kaduna North Local Government, worth N190million, all
believed to be proceeds of unlawful activities.
The EFCC was able to secure the final forfeiture, following the usage of
non-conviction-based forfeiture proceedings. The 17 Respondents apart from
Boroh are Hanafi Musa Moriki, Allotey Asari Edem, Joshua Ebiemeyefa.
Others are D. Wokoma, Bernard Ochoche, Cecilia Adebisi, Omofuma Faith,
Olusegun Opeyemi Okungbure, Beggi Erepatei, Matti Abdul, Stella Nnamatti,
Theresa Okoro, Chika Nsirim, Omonyemen Osunbor, Musa Odiringa, and Ode
Martins Olajide.
Justice Tsoho had granted an interim forfeiture order on November 16,
2018, following the ex-parte application filed by the lawyer to the EFCC,
Bar Abbah Mohammed. The judge ordered EFCC to advertise the order in the
newspapers for any interested party to show cause within 14 days on why
the money should not be forfeited to the government.
Following successful prosecution, the judge consequently ordered that the
monies and property be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.
Investigations by the EFCC had uncovered the various sums of N124,000,000;
N320,000,000; N68,768,916; N1,900,000; N5,125,000; N3,000,000;
N28,595,755; N6,137,000; N40,000,000; N46,800,000; N16,315,000;
N2,547,800; N3,900,000; N8,234,650; N6,800,000; N2,651,000, and N1,970,750
traced to the respondents, respectively.
The ex-parte motion was brought before the court, pursuant to Section 17
of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act 2006, and Section
44(2)(B)(K) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), seeking for an order of
interim forfeiture of the said sum and property.
Gen. Boroh was nominated by the NSA and appointed by President Muhammadu
Buhari as his Special Adviser on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the
Presidential Amnesty Program in 2015.
When Pointblanknews.com contacted Murphy Ganagana, Media Aide to Prof.
Dokubo, he declined to comment and has not responded to text message sent
to him on the allegations.
