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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) says it has begun initial findings into the federal payroll fraud allegedly committed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on new media, Bashir Ahmad.
According to the anti-graft agency, Ahmad’s action had been brought to the commission’s attention by way of HEDA Resource Centre, a public-interest think-tank run by anti-corruption campaigner Lanre Suraju.
According to the anti-graft agency, Ahmad’s action had been brought to the commission’s attention by way of HEDA Resource Centre, a public-interest think-tank run by anti-corruption campaigner Lanre Suraju.“We received a complaint and we have commenced an investigation,” ICPC spokeswoman Azuka Ogugua confirmed to People’s Gazette on the telephone.
Ahmad had said he had resigned from office in May 2022 in order to seek the ruling party’s House of Representatives ticket in his home, Kano State.
Despite confirming his resignation by de-emphasising his employment at the Nigerian presidency, Ahmad continued receiving salaries through May, June and July, until he was exposed by The Gazette’s report.
He received at least N3,129,530.64 in fraudulent basic earnings, with his allowances and estacodes within the same period likely many times the salaries.
But he failed to supply evidence of the reimbursement or clarify what actions he took after receiving the first, second and third salaries, as well as federal allowances and estacodes, despite being a private citizen.
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