The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained Ngozi Olojeme, deputy chairman, finance committee of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation in the 2015 election.
According to Punch, was arrested for allegedly diverting N69bn while she was chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) between 2009 and 2015.
She was said to have disappeared after she was fired by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and was placed on EFCC’S wanted list.
“After months of running, Mrs Olojeme finally turned herself in. She is currently being detained and we have identified most of her properties,” a detective said.
“It was discovered that the NSITF accounts in some banks have witnessed a total turnover of over N62,358,401,927 between 2012 and 2015 from the Employee Compensation Scheme contributions,” the report said.
“That out of the N62bn, the Federal Government contributed N13,600,000,000 while the sum of N48,758,401,927.80 was contributed by the private sector. That there were several payments to individuals and companies from the NSITF bank accounts for purported contracts or consultancy services.
“That some individuals and companies that received these payments, in turn, transferred parts of the funds directly to the NSITF officials while others transferred huge sums to bureau de change operators who changed them to dollars.”
