Ex-commissioner, SSG allegedly diverted N664M meant for imam training

A total of N664million has been reportedly diverted by former Kebbi State Commissioner for Finance,

In a report by The Punch, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission accused Tunga and a former Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Garba Kamba, of diverting the sum meant to train imams of Islamic teachers.

In a statement by the ICPC spokesperson, Mrs. Rasheedat Okoduwa, N315million out of the money was meant for the training of imams and mallams.

The commission added that the remaining N349m was meant for the procurement of generators for every polling unit ahead of the 2015 general elections.

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Investigations by operatives of the anti-graft agency, however, showed that the money was diverted.

The statement read in part, “The duo who held office during the tenure of the immediate past governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Saidu Dakingari, were said to have diverted the sum of N349,475,000 meant for the provision of generators and ‘other logistics’ for all polling units in Kebbi State for the 2015 general elections.

“The defendants were also accused of using their offices as SSG and Commissioner for Finance to siphon N315,000,000, which sum was approved and released to organise sensitisation and enlightenment programmes for imams and mallams against religious incitement of supporters for the 2015 general elections in the 21 local government areas of Kebbi State.”

Tunga and Kumba have been arraigned before Justice Umar Abubakar of Kebbi State High Court 3 sitting in Birnin Kebbi for alleged misapplication of the sum of N664, 000, 000.