The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC has arraigned the Director of Human Assets Administration of the Rural Electrification Company, REA, Sulieman Garba Bulkwang earlier than Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal Excessive Court docket, Abuja for fraud.
In an announcement on Friday, the EFCC’s head of media and publicity, Dele Oyewale, stated Mr Bulkwang is being prosecuted on a five-count cost, bordering on prison diversion of funds and cash laundering to the tune of N223,412,909.
Rely one of his cost reads “That you just SULEIMAN GARBA BULKWANG, whereas being the Director of Human Assets Administration of the Rural Electrification Company, REA inside the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court docket did counsel one Umaefulem Donatus Chibueze, the Managing Director of Cees Help Assets and Brainstask Worth Assets (consultants to REA) to switch the sum of N138,123,969 (One Hundred and Thirty eight Million, One Hundred Hundred and Twenty Three Thousand, 9 Hundred and Sixty 9 Naira) out of the sum of N279,330,000.00 (Two Hundred and Seventy 9 Million, Three Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira) paid to the consultants by REA, once you knew that the stated solar of N138,123,969.000000 constituted proceed of illegal exercise and also you thereby dedicated an offence opposite to Part 21 (a) of the Cash Laundering Prevention and Prohibition Act 2022 and punishable below Part 18(3) of the identical Act.”
Rely two reads “That you just SULEIMAN GARBA BULKWANG whereas being the Director of Human Assets Administration of the Rural Electrification Company (REA) someday in July, 2023 in Abuja throughout the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court docket not directly transformed the sum of N45,000,000.00 (Forty 5 Milion Naira) being a part of the cash cumulatively paid to the financial institution accounts of Dammy Gold Programme Ltd, World Class Enterprise, Inexperienced Haven Firm And De-Sam Rose – Base Ltd by consultants to REA when you already know that the stated sum of N45,000.000 .00 constituted proceed of illegal exercise and also you thereby dedicated an offence opposite to Part 18(b) (b) and punishable below Part 18(3) of the Cash Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.”
He pleaded “not responsible” to all the fees after they had been learn to him and within the absence of defence counsel, prosecution counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, SAN prayed the courtroom for a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded in a correctional heart.
Justice Abdulmalik adjourned the matter until February 3, 2024 for the defendant’s bail software and ordered that he be remanded in Kuje Correctional Heart.
