Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOS) Steven Oronsaye allegedly diverted over N6 billion biometric pension\u2019s enrolment into private accounts, sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, told Pointblanknews.com.<\/p>\n
Oronsaye is currently under detention at an EFCC facility while undergoing further interrogation into his involvement in the fraud. He is expected to be charged to court on Thursday on corruption.<\/p>\n
He is expected to be charged alongside five others who are considered his accomplices in the fraud he perpetrated while serving as the HOS.<\/p>\n
It was gathered that the EFCC investigations show Oronsaye was connected to the billions stolen under the guise of the biometric pension scam regime that implicated Dr. Abdul Maina.<\/p>\n
According to sources, Oronsanye as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation was linked to the fraud going on under the pension\u2019s task team and authorized siphoning of billions meant for pensioners.<\/p>\n
It was also learnt that the EFCC is set to attach as part of its proof of evidence a recent report by the auditor general of the federation titled Special Audit of the Accounts of Civil Pensions, which indicted Oronsaye of involvement in looting billions.<\/p>\n
EFCC sources hinted that the charge sheet has already been prepared and the embattled former Head of Service is likely to remain in custody until he is arraigned tomorrow.<\/p>\n
He is also said to haven been questioned for his alleged involvement in looting billions of government funds discovered to have been carried out under the guise of the Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) set up during President Umaru Yaradua\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n
Oronsaye is alleged to have collected funds from government agencies in the name of the committee which he chaired.<\/p>\n
He is alleged to have collected billions of naira as funding for the committee which he channeled into some illegal accounts.<\/p>\n
When contacted yesterday, the spokesman of the EFCC Wilson Uwujaren confirmed that Oronsaye is being held by the commission in its detention facility at the EFCC headquarters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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