PRESS BRIEFING ON THE FORMER AKWA STATE GOVERNOR, UDOM GABRIEL EMMANUEL FAMILY MEMBERS AND STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON THE MONUMENTAL CORRUPTION, FUNDS DIVERSION OF OVER N1.5 TRILLION, MONEY LAUNDERING AND LOOTING ORCHESTRATED BY HIM AND CRONIES AND AWARD OF CONTRACTS TO COMPANIES WITH VESTED INTEREST WHICH ARE OWNED BY HIS ALLIES THROUGH WHICH FUNDS ARE SIPHONED FROM THE STATE’S COFFERS LEADING TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SERVING PUBLIC OFFICERS

Gentlemen of the Press, we gathered you here to intimate you of what happened under the administration of the past Delta State Governor, Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, such that will make you weep for the future of Nigeria and how the governors misused public funds.

As Nigeria’s current leading anti-corruption group in Nigeria, NACAT will be failing in its duties and responsibilities if we turn a blind eye to the wanton corruption and embezzlement of public funds orchestrated by former governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State and not bring it to the public domain.

We have painstakingly investigated and audited many of the financial records of the state available to us and detailed our findings here as part of our press briefing today

The diversion of funds and primitive massive acquisition of properties by Okowa and his family members is enough to make him, family and cronies jailed.

Despite the over N3 trillion that came into the Akwa Ibom State coffers under the 8 years tenure of Udom, a staggering sum of N700 billion that cannot be accounted for was diverted by him, borrowed over 500 billion yet left abandoned projects across the state.

Dear Journalists, you have all heard about security votes taken by governors over the years. We can tell you authoritatively using Udom as a case study that these so-called security votes were truly never given to our brave security operatives, but just used as mere pawns to loot the state.

We will be giving you few examples of such using 2018. We will be submitting other years from 2015 to the EFCC.

  Money diverted through security votes that were never given to them

1. OPERATIONAL EXPENSES FOR OPERATION THUNDER received a total of N360,000,000 (Three Hundred and Sixty Million Naira) from The Office of the Governor AKSG Zenith Bank account number 1014317094. Perhaps, the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State in 2018 can tell Nigerians if Udom released N360 million to just a unit called operation thunder under him.
2. SECURITY OF STAKEHOLDERS received total cash payments of N650,000,000 (Six Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) from The Office of the Governor AKSG Zenith Bank account number 1014317094.
3. SECURITY LOGISTICS & MAINTANANCE received cash payments of N611,000,000 (Six Hundred and Eleven Million Naira) each from The Office of the Governor AKSG Zenith Bank account number 1014317094.
4. OPERATIONAL EXPENSES FOR CIVIL DEFENCE received a total cash payment of N490,000,000 (Four Hundred and Ninety Million Naira) from The Office of the Governor AKSG Zenith Bank account number 1014317094. The Commandant in 2018 never saw N50 million from Udom, but his name was used to withdraw in cash N650 million.
5. OPERATIONAL EXPENSE FOR ARMY received total cash payments of N500,000,000 (Five Hundred Million Naira) from the Office of the Governor AKSG Zenith Bank account number 1014317094. The Nigerian Army didn’t see half a billion but Udom as Governor fleeced the state such amount using their name.
6. OPERTIONAL EXPENSES FOR NAVY received a total cash payment of N480,000,000 (Four Hundred and Eighty Million) from The Office of the Governor AKSG Zenith Bank account number 1014317094.Again, Udom used the name of the Navy to commit financial crimes.
7. OPERATIONAL EXPENSES ANTI BOMB & CIB received a total cash payment of N480, 000,000 (Four Hundred and Eighty Million Naira) from The Office of the Governor AKSG Zenith Bank account number 1014317094. This is another unit under the Commissioner of Police which Udom used to loot the state treasury.
8. OPERATIONAL EXPENSES FOR SSS received a total cash payment of N480, 000,000 (Four Hundred and Eighty Million) from The Office of the Governor AKSG Zenith Bank account number 1014317094. Even our dear SSS were not left out in this heist committed by Udom, using its name to collect money.
9. OPERATIONAL EXPENSES QUICK RESPONS SQUAD received a total cash payment of N480, 000,000 (Four Hundred and Eighty Million) from The Office of the Governor AKSG Zenith Bank account number 1014317094. Udom struck again using the name of the Nigerian Police to dip hands into public treasury.

Gentlemen, over N4.5 billion was withdrawn and claimed to be given to security agencies in a space of six months which we traced. Over N10 billion from our sources was spent in just 2018 as security votes

ANIEBIET MONDAY-UDOH withdrew a total of N4,665,000,000 (Four Billion Six Hundred and Sixty-Five Million Naira) from the OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF AKSG Wema Bank account number 0122882810.

The funds which were withdrawn over the counter by cheques simply had ‘A-COUNTER CHQ WITHDRAWAL BY ANIEBIET MONDAY-UDOH’ written as its description amongst other description.

Similarly, ANIEBET MONDAY withdrew funds from the OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR PRESS SECTION, OFFICE OF THE GOV-DIR OF MKT AND BM, OFFICE OF THE GOV-GOV HOUSE CLINIC, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR-PROTOCOL in various trenches 1521 times with the total standing at a whopping N1,160,000,000 (One Billion One Hundred and Sixty Million Naira).

The Mexican cows which were paid for have not arrived the state till now. Perhaps, they are still grazing their way to Akwa Ibom State. The thirty-one industries which gulped over N100 Billion have not been built till now beyond the four he did that died after their commissioning. The only completed and standard projects he completed are his houses in Ikoyi, opposite President Tinubu’s guest house worth over N3 billion as well as his new house undergoing construction that is built with only concrete and no blocks.

Greenwell Technologies Limited which was claimed to be a PPP actually had 100% ownership by Akwa Ibom with N650 million paid by Udom in 2016 to kickstart the fertilizer company. The state government was also paying the ONSA N1.5 billion yearly as supply of raw materials. In a bizarre criminal system, Udom diverted all the billions made by the fertilizer company to a shell company in the US, named Greenwell Technologies LLC, claiming they are to supply raw materials, whereas it is ONSA that supplied raw materials and were already paid for.

We also have cause to believe that Udom is a major shareholder of Globus Bank. Majority of the state’s government accounts are now with Globus Bank right from when it was floated under his tenure in Akwa Ibom State and under his political godson era as Governor.

New Dawn Microfinance Bank in Uyo is allegedly owned by his allies using people as front. The microfinance bank is a money laundering bank used to warehouse monies for him.

Udom Emmanuel used his wife to also buy a property in the US located at 3939 Manor House, Drive, Charlotte, NC 28270. The house is currently worth $580,000. To disguise the house ownership, she purposely misspelt her name as Emmanuel Martha Udoam.

These are many more are the financial crimes committed by Mr Udom Emmanuel.

We will be going to the EFCC office this minute to officially submit a petition before your eyes, so that Nigerians will be aware and follow up the case. If immediate past Governors like Ifeanyi Okowa and Yahaya Bello can be invited, probed and facing prosecution, Udom Emmanuel should not be exempted to come and give accounts of our allegations against him.

We thank you for coming.

Signed

Fejiro Oliver Tega Oghenedoro (Executive Director, Investigation)

Stanley Ugabe (Operations Manager)

Michael Ekpo (For Akwa Ibomites)

Victor Thompson (For Akwa Ibomites)