Officials looted NSITF’s $48.5m, says Olojeme

Embattled former Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust
Fund, Dr. Ngozi Olojeme, who is being held for an alleged $48.5m
fraud, says the graft was perpetrated by some officials in the
organisation while she was on medical vacation abroad.

Olojeme, who is currently in the detention facility of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said she was on the
hospital bed abroad recuperating after undergoing surgery when the
EFCC invited her to respond to the allegations of corruption and
later declared her wanted.

She, however, said contrary to some media reports, she was not
arrested but submitted herself to the EFCC upon her return to the
country.

These were contained in a statement on Tuesday by her media
aide, Stanley Imoko.

Imoko, in the statement, stressed that his boss was not being
probed in relation to her role as the then campaign chief of
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan re-election bid in 2015.

He insisted that Olojeme was unaware that some officials of the
agency were busy diverting the NSITF’s funds while she was away on
medical leave abroad.

He said, “Dr. Olejeme got to know about this when she was
declared wanted by the EFCC for alleged diversion of several
billions of naira by her and the management.

“More shocking to her was the conspiracy of some of the
management staff of the agency to heap all their nefarious
activities on her head while she was away, on the demonic believe
that she may not come back to defend herself, having known of her
health challenge while abroad.”

Embattled former Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust
Fund, Dr. Ngozi Olojeme, who is being held for an alleged $48.5m
fraud, says the graft was perpetrated by some officials in the
organisation while she was on medical vacation abroad.

Olojeme, who is currently in the detention facility of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said she was on the
hospital bed abroad recuperating after undergoing surgery when the
EFCC invited her to respond to the allegations of corruption and
later declared her wanted.

She, however, said contrary to some media reports, she was not
arrested but submitted herself to the EFCC upon her return to the
country.

These were contained in a statement on Tuesday by her media
aide, Stanley Imoko.

Imoko, in the statement, stressed that his boss was not being
probed in relation to her role as the then campaign chief of
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan re-election bid in 2015.

He insisted that Olojeme was unaware that some officials of the
agency were busy diverting the NSITF’s funds while she was away on
medical leave abroad.

He said, “Dr. Olejeme got to know about this when she was
declared wanted by the EFCC for alleged diversion of several
billions of naira by her and the management.

“More shocking to her was the conspiracy of some of the
management staff of the agency to heap all their nefarious
activities on her head while she was away, on the demonic believe
that she may not come back to defend herself, having known of her
health challenge while abroad.”