The culprit, Daniel Obah, is a Principal Accountant in the Finance and Accounts Department of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs.Mr Obah, who was charged before Justice E. O. Ebong by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission , was accused of fraudulently acquiring a four-bedroom duplex in Abuja and plots of land in Rivers State.
The commission had argued before the court that Mr Obah and two other staff of the ministry, Poloma Nuhu and Mangset Dickson, allegedly carried out a coordinated fraud within the ministry resulting in the withdrawal of N605 million from its 2014 Constituency Projects account with the Central Bank of Nigeria .
The landed properties include one 4-bedroom duplex at Janew Home, Plot No.3 Cadastral zone D02, Karsana South District, Abuja, valued at N60 million and a plot of land at Ohia Ngbakiri, Ozuoba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, valued at N30 million.