Kwara High Court Sets Dates for Former Governor's Alleged UBEC Fund Diversion Trial

Date: 2025-03-14

The Kwara State High Court has scheduled April 10 and 11 for the continuation of the trial involving former governor AbdulFatah Ahmed and his finance commissioner, Demola Banu, over allegations of diverting ?5.78 billion from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) fund.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting the case, with both defendants pleading not guilty to the charges.

During proceedings, Engineer Abdulsalam Olanrewaju, a former project manager at the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), testified that despite the state government remitting counterpart funds in 2014 and 2015, no contracts were awarded for the intended projects. He added that while contractors for the 2013 projects were eventually paid after prolonged delays, funds allocated for subsequent initiatives remained unutilised.

Under cross-examination, Olanrewaju clarified that the authorised signatories to the SUBEB account included the accountant, permanent secretary, and executive chairman of the board.

Earlier, another witness, Dr. Musa Dasuki, reiterated that UBEC and SUBEB matching grants are exclusively designated for school infrastructure development and must not be diverted for alternative purposes.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Na\'Allah     Omupo     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Memunat Monsuma     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Bukola Saraki     Onilorin     Amuda Aluko     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Playing Host     S.O. Opowoye     Sunday Popo-Ola     Amosa     All Peoples Party     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Kwara North     NTA Ilorin     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Sabi     School Of Nursing     Wahab Agbaje     Mustapha Akanbi     Kale Kawu     Monthly Sanitation     Alabe     Edu     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     March 28     CCB     CKNG     IPSAS     Local Government Pension Board     John Mayokun Dada     Baboko Primary School     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Bisi Oyeleke     Old Oyo     Elelu     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Bayer AG     Ile Arugbo     Sarah Jubril     Baba Isale     Garba Ado Sanni     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Amule     General Hospital, Offa     Baboko     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Jawondo     Balikis Jawondo     National Party Of Nigeria     Adegoke Bamidele     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Yakub Lai Gobir     General Hospital, Ilorin     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     LEAH Charity Foundation     Rashidi Yekini     Kwara Liberation Group     AbdulGafar Tosho     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Mukhtar Shagaya     Bureau Of Lands     Farouk Salim     Agor     General Hospital     Village Alive Development Association    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Yahya Mohammed     Jimoh Akani     Abikan     March 18     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Oluronke Adeyemi     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Kulende     Sambo Murtala     Kale Belgore     Kale Kawu     Toyosi Thomas     Sun Qing Rong     Folorunsho Erubu     Abubakar Aliagan     Isiaq Khadeejah     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Bello Abubakar     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Durosinlohun Atiku     Garba Dogo     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Students Union Government     Jelili Yusuf     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Tinubu     Tunde Akanbi     Awwal Jawondo     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Yakub Ali-Agan     Smart School     Olatomiwa Williams     KSIRS     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Ibrahim Mohammed     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Yusuf A. Usman     Muritala Awodun     Kayode Yusuf     Ilorin Emirate     Overland     Bature Bello     KWASSIP     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Tunji Ajanaku     Abdulazeez Uthman     Moses Salami     Jide Ashonibare     Azeez Salawu     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Arca Santa     Moshood Mustapha     Ilesha-Baruba     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Kisira     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Abubakar Ndakene     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     National Information Technology Development Agency     Code Of Conduct     Baaziki Sulaiman     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Okanlawon Musa     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     UNIFEMGA     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Makama Of Ilorin     Ajakaye     Olupako     Baakini     Oja-Oba