The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has criticized the director general of the National Agency for Development of Biotechnology, NABDA Prof. Lucy Ogbadu, for denouncing the embezzlement of 603 million euros from the agency.
Of the amount that would have been allocated to the accounts of the wife of the director of the agency Bayelsa, N23 million would have been paid to the director general, forcing the EFCC to stop it and hold it in June of last year .
But in a letter dated 24 October 2017 and signed by the EFCC secretary, the anti-corruption agency absolved Ogbadu of any involvement in the alleged fraud.
The letter was addressed to the Minister of Science and Technology, who oversees NABDA.
However, the EFCC yesterday reversed, arguing that his scribe's letter did not allow Ogbadu to be involved in the fraud.
A statement by EFCC media and advertising officer Wilson Uwujaren revealed that the agency had already filed 49 charges against the suspect. ...
The statement said: “The EFCC wishes to dissociate itself from recent reports in sections of the media, purporting that the Director-General of the National Biotechnology Development Agency, Professor Ogbadu, has been cleared of allegation of criminal impropriety. It is against the code of professional practice for the EFCC to issue clearance letters to either individuals or organisations investigated by the agency.
“The letter from the secretary to the commission, Mr. Ageboyega Aremo, to the Minister of Science and Technology, which is being misconstrued as clearance for the D-G, did not exonerate her of criminal indictment.
