By Elsie Halima Ijorogu-Reed
Investigations by Drumbeat News reveal that the Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has lost the state’s 10 Million Dollars to his mistress in the United States of America.
An impeccable source in Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who confirmed our report disclosed that the anti-graft agency has commenced investigation into Okowa’s $10 million, which he may have diverted from the bailout funds allocated to his State, but was hijacked by his America-based mistress. Okowa, it was gathered, had commissioned his mistress to help him launder the money to a slush accounts he provided. But instead, the lady deposited the money into her own account in the United States, we reliably learnt. It was also gathered that the money in question has been traced, according to a report by The Nation Newspaper who deliberately withheld Okowa’s name.
According to the report, the governor resorted to using his US-based mistress to stash the funds abroad to avoid a trail by security agencies. The cash was allegedly, either wired or hauled in tranches, in order to beat the nation’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). In spite of the Okowa’s unethical conduct, security agencies were able to intercept the deal between him and his mistress.
We learnt that the diversion of the looted $10 million by the mistress created an uproar and triggered the ongoing investigation over their love affair. One of the sources involved in the probe confirmed that, “Delta state governor is in soup and under probe by some security agencies. “
Governor Okowa seems to have been duped by his mistress in Texas, another source confirmed, saying, “The governor is worried after discovering that his girlfriend has defrauded him of $10 million”
“What started as a love affair and promises of good faith has turned sour. Yet the governor would not want his wife or the people of the state, who would be disappointed, to know about this ugly transaction,” the source confided.
The security chief added: “Investigation so far indicated that the governor allegedly diverted part of the bailout funds meant for his state to the mistress. Very soon, the details of the transaction will be revealed to Nigerians. This is why the government has decided to monitor how bailout funds and London-Paris loan refunds were spent.”
The Presidency in 2016 released the sum of N1. 266.44 trillion to 36 states within nine months.
All efforts to get Gov. Okowa or his office to respond have been unsuccessful, as they neither picked calls nor responded to text messages. When our correspondent tried to contact his principal secretary, Hilary Ibegbulem, his aide informed us that he took his sick father to London for treatment.
♦ Culled from The Drumbeat News
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