{"id":110419,"date":"2024-02-06T11:06:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110419"},"modified":"2024-02-06T11:06:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:06:57","slug":"efcc-freezes-n3b-traced-to-former-minister-hadi-sirikas-brothers-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/efcc-freezes-n3b-traced-to-former-minister-hadi-sirikas-brothers-account\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC freezes N3b traced to former minister Hadi Sirika\u2019s brother\u2019s account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abubakar Ahmad Sirika, the brother of immediate past minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, has been quizzed by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged N8.06 billion contract fraud in the Federal Ministry of Aviation.<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar who is believed to have been awarded a contract by his brother, the former Minister, was arrested on Sunday, February 4, as part of the ongoing probe of alleged fraudulent practices in the Ministry of Aviation during the tenure of the ex-minister.<\/p>\n<p>EFCC is probing allegations of conspiracy, abuse of office, diversion of public funds, contract inflation, criminal breach of trust and money laundering.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was reported that N3, 212,258,930.18 has been traced to Engirios Nigeria Limited, owned by Abubakar, who is a Level-16 officer and a deputy director in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources. Four big contracts were awarded to Abubakar\u2019s Engirios Nigeria Limited when his brother was in charge of the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar Sirika, who is listed as the company\u2019s Managing Director (MD)\/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), is also the sole signatory to the two accounts linked to the firm with two banks.<\/p>\n<p>The contracts awarded to him include;<br \/>\nConstruction of the Terminal Building in Katsina Airport (N1,345,586,500.00); Fire Truck Maintenance and Refurbishment Centre in Katsina Airport (N3, 811,497,685.00); Procurement and installation of elevators, air conditioners and power generator house in Aviation House, Abuja (N615,195,275.000); Procurement of Magnus Aircraft and simulator for Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria (N2, 296,897, 404.00).<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC\u2019s crack team was able to uncover four contracts, worth about N8,069,176,864.00, which were not executed. A source told the publication;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn connection with the ongoing probe of the Ministry of Aviation during Hadi Sirika\u2019s tenure, EFCC\u2019s crack team was able to uncover four contracts, worth about N8,069,176,864.00, which were not executed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sum was for four aviation contracts from the former minister to Engirios Nigeria Limited, owned by his sibling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile profiling the contracts, there was a payment of N3,212,258,930.18 out of the total contract sum to Engirios Nigeria Limited, which is owned by the younger brother of the ex-Minister of Aviation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApart from being listed as the company\u2019s MD\/CEO, Abubakar is the sole signatory to the company\u2019s two accounts. Investigators further discovered that upon the receipt of the payment, Abubakar allegedly transferred it to different companies and individuals. There is no trace of work done on any of the contract items to date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese developments led to the arrest and detention of Abubakar on Sunday by the EFCC. He was grilled for several hours yesterday. He is providing the commission with additional useful information on the financial activities of the Aviation Ministry under the supervision of his elder brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The contract awards and the timelines were between August 2022 and May 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abubakar Ahmad Sirika, the brother of immediate past minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, has been quizzed by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged N8.06 billion&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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