The
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has
filed an 18-count charge of corruption against the former Governor of Zamfara,
Ahmed Sanni over allegations that he corruptly enriched himself by spending and
diverting government funds, Sahara Reporters reports. Yerima, who is now a
senator, is expected to be arraigned today...
Below is a text of the charges filed at the high court at Gusau, Zamfara state.
IN
THE HIGH COURT OF ZAMFARA STATE
HOLDEN
AT GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE
FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA - COMPLAINANT
Vs
[AHMED
RUFAI SANI
ALHAJI
HASHIM A. DIKKO
DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT LTD
HAD
NIGERIA LTD] - DEFENDANTS
Count
1
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November, 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N
1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State
House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and
settlement of the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank loan
you spent the sum of N20,000,000 (twenty million naira) purportedly on
assistance to INEC and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable
under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act
2000.
Count
2
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of
N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara
State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and
payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained
through bank loan you spent the sum of N10,000,000 (ten million naira) purportedly
on donation and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under
section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
3
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of Zamfara
State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an offence of
spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional
budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair
of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said
dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N43,008,000
(forty three million and eight thousand naira) purportedly on surveillance of
guests and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under
section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
4
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N
1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State
House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment
of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank
loan you spent the sum of N21,450,000 (twenty-one million four hundred and
fifty thousand naira) purportedly on settlement of publication equipment and
thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of
the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
5
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N
1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State
House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment
of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank
loan you spent the sum of N64,332,734 (sixty four million three hundred and
thirty two thousand seven hundred and thirty four naira) purportedly on
sponsorship of government officials to hajj and thereby committed an offence
contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
6
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N
1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State
House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment
of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank
loan you spent the sum of N32,646,286 (thirty two million six hundred and forty
six thousand two hundred and eighty six naira) purportedly on settlement of
accommodation and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under
section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
7
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N
1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State
House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment
of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank
loan you spent the sum of N15,800,000 (fifteen million eight hundred thousand
naira) purportedly on furniture allowance and thereby committed an offence
contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
8
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N
1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State
House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment
of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank
loan you spent the sum of N29,200,000 (twenty nine million two hundred thousand
naira) purportedly on purchase of 2000 Nanfang motor cycles and thereby
committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
9
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of
N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara
State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and
payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained
through bank loan you spent the sum of N23,859,692 (twenty three million, eight
hundred and fifty nine thousand, six hundred and ninety two naira) purportedly
on payment to automobile company and thereby committed an offence contrary to
and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Act 2000
Count
10
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional
budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for the repair
of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of the said
dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of N14,000,000
(fourteen million naira) purportedly on payment of auditing of account and
thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of
the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
11
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of
N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara
State House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and
payment of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained
through bank loan you spent the sum of N14,170,000 (fourteen million one
hundred and seventy thousand naira) purportedly on ramadan feeding and thereby
committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
12
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out
of N1,000,000,000 (one billion naira)
additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for
the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of
the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of
N14,530,000 (fourteen million five hundred and thirty thousand naira)
purportedly on purchase of four 406 Peugeot and thereby committed an offence
contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
13
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about October 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out
of N1,000, 000,000 (one billion naira)
additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State House of Assembly allocated for
the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment of compensation to the victims of
the said dam which was obtained through bank loan you spent the sum of
N36,000,000 (thirty six million naira)
purportedly on settlement of leave grant for teachers and thereby committed an
offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of the Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
14
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about November 2006 whilst being the Governor of
Zamfara State at Gusau within the jurisdiction of this court did commit an
offence of spending money allocated for one project on another to wit: out of N
1,000,000,000 (one billion naira) additional budgetary allocation Zamfara State
House of Assembly allocated for the repair of collapsed Gusau dam and payment
of compensation to the victims of the said dam which was obtained through bank
loan you spent the sum of N46, 591,692.24, (forty six million, five hundred and
ninety one thousand, six hundred and ninety two naira, twenty four kobo)
purportedly on school feeding and
thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22 (5) of
the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count
15
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about February 2007 at Gusau within the jurisdiction
of this court whilst being the Governor of Zamfara State did make a statement
vide a letter dated 6th February 2007 captioned “ OFFER FOR SALE OF EXCESS
GRAINS” to the President Federal
Republic of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in the course of the exercise of
the duty of his office that Zamfara State Government had stock of about 100,000
metric tones of assorted grains in silos and stores out of which 50, 000 metric
tons could be sold to the Federal Government of Nigeria which was to your
knowledge false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 22 (1) (a)
and punishable under section 68 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Act, 2000
Count 16
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about May 2007 at Gusau within the jurisdiction of
this court used your position as the Governor of Zamfara State to confer corrupt advantage upon your
associate to wit: awarding consultancy services to Development Management System Ltd for the supply of 50, 000 metric
tons (200,000 bags) of grains by Zamfara State Government to the Federal
Government with the agreement to pay 10 % i.e. N161million of the total cost of
N1,610,000,000 (one billion, six hundred and ten million naira) to Development
Management Ltd as consultancy fee but for which only 9,181.89 metric tons (91,
818 bags) were supplied and for which
you paid Development Management Ltd N91,840,000 (ninety one million, eight
hundred and forty thousand naira) whereas Development Management Ltd was entitled
only to N29,565,685.80 (twenty nine million, five hundred and sixty five
thousand, six hundred and eighty five naira eighty kobo) thus overpaid her the sum of N62, 274,315
(sixty two million, two hundred and seventy four thousand, three hundred and fifteen naira) and thereby committed an offence contrary to
and punishable under section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Act, 2000
Count
17
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani, Alhaji Hashim A. Dikko and Development Management
Ltd on or about May 2007 at Gusau within
the jurisdiction of this court did conspire to commit an offence of using
office for gratification to wit: Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about May 2007 used his
position as the Governor of Zamfara State to award consultancy services to
Development Management System Ltd for
the supply of 50, 000 metric tons (200,000 bags) of grains by Zamfara State
Government to the Federal Government with the agreement to pay 10 % i.e.
N161million of the total cost of N1,610,000,000 (one billion, six hundred and
ten million naira) to Development Management Ltd as consultancy fee but for
which only 9,181.89 metric tons (91, 818 bags) were supplied and for which
Development Management Ltd was paid N91,840,000 (ninety one million, eight
hundred and forty thousand naira whereas Development Management Ltd was
entitled only to N29,565,685.80 (twenty nine million, five hundred and sixty
five thousand, six hundred and eighty five naira eighty kobo) thus overpaid her the sum of N62, 274,315
(sixty two million, two hundred and seventy four thousand, three hundred and fifteen naira) and thereby committed an offence contrary to
section 26 (c ) and punishable under section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Act, 2000
Count
18
That
you Ahmed Rufai Sani on or about April 2007 at Gusau within the jurisdiction of
this court used your position as the
Governor of Zamfara State to confer a corrupt advantage upon your associate to
wit: awarding contract for the transportation of 50, 000 metric tons of grains
(200,000 bags) to HAD Nigeria Ltd to be supplied by Zamfara State to the
Federal Government at the total cost of N1,610,000,000 (one billion, six
hundred and ten million naira) with the agreement to pay N444, 040,000 (four
hundred and forty four million, forty thousand naira) to HAD Nigeria Ltd as
contract sum but for which only 9, 181.89 metric tons (91,181 bags) were transported and for which HAD Nigeria
Ltd was paid N98 million (ninety eight million naira) whereas she was entitled
only to N81,042 525 (eighty one million forty two thousand five hundred and
twenty five naira) thus overpaid her the sum of N16, 957,472 (sixteen million,
nine hundred and fifty nine thousand four hundred and seventy two naira) and
thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 19 of the
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000...
Source: LIB
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