For Executing Contracts
For Executing Contracts while in Government ICPC
Arraigns Onamusi for Corruption
A former Member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Onadeko
Onamusi, has been charged to court by the Independent Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over his
alleged involvement in the award and execution of a N68.7 million
contract.
Onamusi who was arraigned before Justice C. N. Oji of the High
Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Apo, Abuja, on an 18-count
charge, was accused by the Commission of using his private company,
Haines and Baines, to execute several contracts for the National
Assembly while working as a Senior Legislative Aide in the same
place.
ICPC told the court that several contracts for buying ambulance
vehicles, supply of hospital equipment and drugs for Primary Health
Centres, as well as construction of classrooms for some selected
schools in six communities of Ogun East Senatorial District, were
awarded to Haines and Baines, where the Senior Legislative Aide
doubles as a Managing Director, an action that violates Sections 12
and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act,
2000.
The charge sheet revealed that Onamusi received contracts in
November, 2016, from the National Assembly for the construction of
blocks of three classrooms at Odogbulu Grammar School, Ogun East;
Ijebu Imushin Comprehensive High School, Ijebu East; United
Anglican Primary School, Iworo, Ijebu North-East; and St. Barnabas
Anglican Primary School, Ilishan/Ikenna, Ogun East, at the total
cost of N43.6 million.
His company further got contracts for the supply of hospital
equipment, drugs and ambulance vehicles for Community Health
Centre, Itele, Ijebu East; Obada Health Centre, Oke-Sopin, Ijebu
North; and Obada Health Centre, Ogijo, Sagamu, all in Ogun East
Senatorial District, valued at N20.2 million.
The counts read in part, “Hon. Onamusi Onadeko, on or about 4th
November, 2016, being employed in the public service as a Senior
Legislative Aide in the National Assembly and being the Managing
Director of Haines and Baines, Ltd., did knowingly directly acquire
a private interest in a contract for the construction of a block of
three classrooms at Ijebu Imushin Comprehensive High School, Ijebu
East, Ogun East Senatorial District, Ogun State to the tune of N11,
863, 444.16 and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and
punishable under Section 12 of the Corrupt Practices and Other
Related Offences Act, 2000.”
Onamusi did not admit guilt when the counts were read to him.
His counsel, Wahab Olatoye pleaded with the court to grant him bail
to enable him attend to his health having just returned from
England where he had gone to seek medical attention.
However, ICPC counsel, Ephraim Otti, objected to the bail
application, citing instances where the accused had earlier jumped
administrative bail granted to him by the Commission. He told the
court that it took ICPC more than one year to track down the
accused.
Justice Oji after listening to the arguments adjourned the
matter to 10th December, 2018 for ruling on the bail application
but ruled that the accused remain in the custody of his counsel
pending the bail ruling.
Signed: Mrs. Rasheedat A. Okoduwa, mni
Spokesperson for the Commission
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ICPC nabs Fake Ex-Nigeria Airways Staff
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission (ICPC) has arrested one Mr. Emmanuel Eneji, for claiming
to be a former employee of the defunct Nigeria Airways.
Mr. Eneji was arrested at the Ministry of Finance, Abuja, venue
of the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) where all
ex-staff of the non-operational agency have been presenting
themselves for verification.
The alleged impostor claimed to have worked as Operations
Manager of the Airways in Ghana, and had presented a verification
slip that belonged to another.
But checks on his documents and other findings uncovered him to
be an impostor, as insiders familiar with the operations of the
defunct airways told investigators that the position of Operations
Manager in Ghana never existed.
When further probed on the authenticity of his claim, Eneji
claimed that he lost his Nigeria Airways Staff Identity Card,
including employment letter, letter of promotion from Grade Level
09 to 10 and his letter of disengagement as well as his academic
certificates in a fire incident during the Zango Kataf uprising in
1993, at Malali, Kaduna State.
The only document in his possession linking him to the
non-operational airways is a photocopy of the Nigeria Airways
Training School Certificate.
The suspect also claimed to have used a Police Report and an
affidavit for the lost documents to scale through the verification
exercise in Lagos, which enabled him to obtain a Verification Slip
and a Bio-Data Form from PICA.
He further claimed that one Mr. Ajayi, a staff of the Nigeria
Airways Union, issued him the verification number on the list of
staff to be verified, that belonged to another person upon the
presentation of Police Report and the affidavit.
Investigation on the matter continues and the suspect will be
charged to court upon conclusion.
Signed: Mrs. Rasheedat A. Okoduwa, mni
Spokesperson for the Commission