A former chairman of the Adamawa state chapter of the PDP, Abdurrahman Bobboi, has been remanded in prison on the orders of a Federal High Court judge, for allegedly diverting funds meant for IDPs
Boboi was arraigned by the EFCC alongside two others, on a 16-count charge of alleged forgery, fraud and theft- The suspects allegedly conspired among themselves and diverted the funds amounting to N587 million released by the Adamawa State Government to buy food and other basic needs of IDPs For allegedly diverting funds meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), a former chairman of the Adamawa state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abdurrahman Bobboi, has been remanded in jail on the orders of a Federal High Court in Yola. According to reports, Boboi was arraigned alongside Sanda Lamurde, a former Commissioner for Finance; and Feredan George, a former Chief Store Officer of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). The accused persons were sued by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), on a 16-count charge of alleged forgery, fraud and theft. On the orders of the presiding judge, Bilkisu Aliyu, which was given on Wednesday, September 27, the trio was remanded in prison. Members of the Adamawa chapter of the Agricultural Transformation Agro-Allied Farmers Cooperative Union, had initiated the petition against the trio. In the petition which was taken to the EFCC, the union alleged that they were not given the loan granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria to Adamawa state farmers. They claimed that the state government diverted the funds into the purchase of food for IDPs. Counsel for the EFCC, Abubakar Aliyu, told the court that after carrying out investigations into the matter, the commission had decided to arraign the trio. Aliyu accused the trio of taking advantage of their membership of the State Committee on the Welfare of IDPs, to perpetrate the crimes between March and May, 2015.He stated: “The suspects conspired among themselves and diverted the funds amounting to N587 million released by the Adamawa state government to buy food and other basic needs of IDPs.”The presiding judge ordered that the trio be remanded pending the determination of their bail application.The case was adjourned till November 10.
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