The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission says it has traced N603m to Mrs Esther Habu, the wife of Mr
Josiah Habu, who is the Director of the Bioresources Development Centre
in Bayelsa State.Established in 2003 by the National
Biotechnology Development Agency under the supervision of the Federal
Ministry of Science and Technology, BIODEC is an intervention programme
of the Federal Government aimed at developing the natural resources of
Nigeria for use in agriculture, health, environment and industry.
BIODEC has about 25 centres across the country.
According to the EFCC, investigations
showed that Esther, whose husband is a director at the BIODEC branch in
Bayelsa State, was given suspicious contracts even as a total sum of
N603,000,000 was traced to her in different deals involving over 20
directors of BIODEC across the country.
The anti-graft agency said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, that about N70m was traced to her husband.
The EFCC also arrested the Director-General of NABDA, Prof Lucy Ogbadu, who oversees all BIODEC branches across the country.
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