{"id":75815,"date":"2020-09-16T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T14:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=75815"},"modified":"2020-09-16T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T14:06:48","slug":"gov-emmanuel-udom-and-the-looting-of-akwa-ibom-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/gov-emmanuel-udom-and-the-looting-of-akwa-ibom-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Emmanuel Udom and the Looting of Akwa Ibom Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The brazen looting of Akwa Ibom State resources has caught the attention of a consortium of international anti-corruption agencies revealing details of the activities of Governor Udom Emmanuel and a pattern of sleaze.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Part of the documents being investigated which was obtained by our reporter is the 2017 account of the state whose preliminary inquest has already shown traces of calibrated looting of the state funds by the governor using cronies and family members linked to his office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The 2017 account details showed how a certain Abel P. Ukpe, said to be an in-law to the governor (married to Governor Udom\u2019s sister) made several trips to the bank, sometimes up to seven times in one day, to make cash withdrawals of N10 million on each occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The pattern of the frequent withdrawals was said to have attracted the curiosity of the investigators who wondered why the Governor\u2019s office would be making cash withdrawals above the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) threshold of not more than N3 million for a corporate account. Making such cash withdrawals in a cashless era when most transactions are electronically transferred to recipients\u2019 accounts also got the investigators curious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">For instance, Mr. Ukpe who in 2017 functioned in the Special Services Directorate, SSD, a special purpose office attached to the Governor\u2019s office, on January 11, 2017, made three trips to Ecobank, Uyo and made withdrawals of N10 million on each trip from account number 4473014237 belonging to the state\u2019s Special Services Department. The N30m withdrawals in one day were made on behalf of the Governor\u2019s office, according to the bank statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">On February 8, 2017, Ukpe got busier, this time he made five quick trips to the same Ecobank branch and withdrew N10m on each occasion totaling N50m. Two days later, on February 10, he made three trips withdrawing N10m on each trip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">A careful study of the account statement showed that the withdrawals were split, limited to N10m each transaction but spread over multiple transactions per day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Two days later, on February 10, Ukpe rushed back to the same Ecobank on Aka Road using Cheque numbers 681,682 and 684 to make another withdrawal of N30m split to N10m per transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">On April 13, 2017, Ukpe made a solitary withdrawal of another N10m; but he would later switch to a busy mode on May 23, 2017, when he made three sorties to the same Ecobank and hauled N10m cash money on each trip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">June 14, 2017, Mr. Ukpe dashed to the same bank to effect four transactions of N10m cash withdrawal per transaction. Less than a month later, on July 11, he made another N40m withdrawal in four transactions of N10m each.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The following month, precisely on August 9, he switched gear, making six withdrawals of N10m each. Barely one week later, he withdrew another N10m. On September 7, 2017, Mr. Ukpe got busier again, making seven withdrawals of N10m each.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Between January and September 2017, a total of N370 million was withdrawn in cash by Mr. Ukpe in 37 transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Also, under investigation is how the government utilised the billions of naira received as statutory allocations and derivation funds from the Federation Account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">It is not clear how long ago the investigation commenced but our reporter gathered that it was part of the growing searchlight on Nigerian public office holders some of whom have channeled public funds into private pockets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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>The brazen looting of Akwa Ibom State resources has caught the attention of a consortium of international anti-corruption agencies revealing details of the activities of Governor Udom Emmanuel and a&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":75816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75815","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov. 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