monies directly to the NSITF officials while others transferred huge sums to bureau de change operators who changed them to dollars.” The report adds that Olojeme sent her account officer at FBN to collect $48m from some NSITF contractors through a BDC operator. It states,
“That through this process, Dr. Ngozi Olojeme, the then NSITF board chairman, has collected a total sum of $48,485,127 from Mr. Chuka Eze (her account officer at FBN), which cash he collected on her behalf being the dollar equivalent of monies paid to BDCs by NSITF contractors.
“That she has refused to honour invitation and all efforts to get her to come and tell her own side of the story have proved abortive hence her arrest warrant has been obtained from court. “We ask for the EFCC chairman’s approval to declare the suspect wanted.”
Unlike Olojeme, it was learnt that Abubakar had honoured the invitation of the commission. Olojeme, who was also the convener of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme sub-committee on Public Works and Road Rehabilitation, could not be reached for comment as she has been out of the country for over a year.
The spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed to our correspondent on the telephone that Olojeme had been declared wanted. He urged members of the public to offer information that could lead to her arrest. “Yes, she has been declared wanted. Members of the public are advised to give us information that would lead to her arrest,” he said.
A close aide to Olojeme, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the suspect had remained incommunicado for several months. The aide said, “I don’t know her whereabouts. However, she’s aware of what is going on.”
