Former minister of state for Finance, Mrs Esther Nenadi Usman, and a permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour, Dr. Clement Illoh, are currently undergoing interrogation at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of serial acts of corruption.
Mrs Usman is being interrogated over various sums of money allegedly paid into her account during her tenure as senator.
According to reports, Nenadi was said to have received the sum of N2.5 billion out of the over N4 billion which was transferred from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) into various accounts of individuals and companies.
Also, the sum of N140 million cash was allegedly paid into her Zenith Bank Account in January 2015.
Some of these funds are said to have been traced to her personal account and her company account which she used to acquire properties in Abuja.
Meanwhile, Illoh on his part was arrested by the EFCC after N316 million was traced to his Zenith Bank Account.
The EFCC in the course of investigating the Technical Committee for Ratification of MLC of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) discovered that the sum of N14.1 million was paid to Clement & Bob Associates.
It was further discovered that the sum of N49 million and N13 million were also paid into Clement & Bob Associates’ account from the now defunct Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE–P).
