By Prince-Solomon Okorie-Guidepost News International
EFCC Grills Former Senate President, Pius Anyim Over ₦750 Million Fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Sunday, commenced interrogation of a former Senate President, Pius Anyim, in a case of alleged corruption and diversion of public funds.
According source, Sen. Anyim who was Senate President between 2000 and 2003, was appointed by then President Goodluck Jonathan as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in 2011, a position the 60-year-old held till 2015.
Our reporter was informed by EFCC sources with direct knowledge of the case against him that Mr Anyim arrived at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja at about 3p.m. on Sunday.
As of the time of filing this report, Mr Anyim was said to still be facing interrogation by operatives of the anti-graft agency.
Though details of the specific allegations against Anyim were sketchy as of press time, sources said they are related to a case involving the incumbent Anambra North senator, Stella Oduah.
Oduah also served as the Minister of Aviation under the Goodluck Jonathan administration from 2011 until 2014 when she was sacked based on a contract scam involving the purchase of BMW armoured cars.
She, according to EFCC sources, is being investigated over fraud allegation involving rehabilitation fund to the tune of N780 million allegedly diverted to a company in which the former Senate President was said to have interest.
When contacted, EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said that the matter is still under investigation.
The EFCC is currently prosecuting Oduah, along with Chinese construction giant, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nigeria Ltd, and other defendants on separate money laundering charges involving N5billion.
News at its peakSenator Ogba host over 80 couples whom he sponsored their marriages
By, Prince Solomon Okorie
The senator representing Ebonyi central senatoral zone Senator Joseph Obinna Ogba has broke record that has never been recorded in the history of Ebonyi central zone at his country home Akalagu in Ishielu Local government Area of the state.
Addressing Journalist, senator Ogba noted that it is out of his willingness to celebrate couple who he sponsored to gain thier marrital vow over the years, adding that his adimistration will not fail to support them for their complementary roles towards rebuilding peace
His words: I am happy to see you today, I will create a platform where I can attend to your individual needs and will empower those of you that needs empowerment, this an inaugural meeting and I will make it an annual event. By the vertue of the fact that I sponsonred your marrriages you are now my adopted sons and dauthers and your children are my grand children, we are now one family, I can assure you, with this meeting we will be acquainted with one another". He sympatized with one of them that lost her husband to death.
Unlike political promises that characterise such event, the law maker admitted that it was not politically motivated as he does not even know some of them out of over 80 couples he sponsored, he said he started the programme back then when he was the PDP state party chairman over 18 years ago.
He stressed the need for family to be united to toe the trajectory of peace as the fulcrum of human development.
Furthermore, senator Ogba advise the couple to always bring up their children in the way of th Lord.
Noting that there is no family that doed not have problem but always learn how to resolve without third party.
Some of the beneficiaries; Engr. Ekuma Innocent, Dr. Clenus and Barr. Anselem Enigwe former Ebonyi LG chairman who speak on behalf of the beneficiaries said that it was a rare privilege that Sen. Ogba chose to sponsor their marrusges even before he became a senator, they further congratulated senator ogba for his kind gesture in meeting up their heart desires especially sponsoring them to exchange marritel vows as most of them do not have money back then by implication they would have miss their spouses. They thanked for securing federal job for many of them... Guidepost News
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