The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arrested top officials of the
Adamawa State University for selling a N13 million government-owned Toyota Land
Cruiser as scrap.
The commission’s
spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest in a telephone interview
with Ashiwaju.org revealed hat most of the vehicles had not been tested by any government official before the expiration of the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan led administration and the immediate past president of the federal republic of Nigeria.
Mr. Uwujaren said
the vice chancellor of the university, Shall David Joshua, and the bursar, K.E.
Anjili, were among those arrested.
“Our operatives
in Yola, Adamawa State today arrested top officials of the Adamawa State
University for questioning over the sale of a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser
jeep as scrap to the former FRSC boss, Haladu Hananiya,” the EFCC spokesperson
said.
Ashiwaju.org had
on August 6 reported how a former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety
Commission, FRSC, Haladu Hananiya, paid N150,000 for a new Toyota Land Cruiser
SUV worth N13 million.
Mr.
Hananiya is alleged to have used his position as former Chairman, Governing
Council of the Adamawa State University, ADSU, to convert the vehicle to his
personal property.
The
university bought the vehicle on January 28, 2015, several months after the
former FRSC boss ceased to be chairman of the institution’s board.
Seven
days later, the car was passed to Mr. Hananiya who bought it off as scrap,
paying a only N150, 000.
Mr.
Hananiya was appointed chairman of ADSU governing council on August 16, 2014.
About
two months into his four-year tenure; the state government sacked the board on
October 8, 2014.
Investigation
showed that the vehicle was purchased from AS Galadima Motors, located at
Dawaki Junction, opposite Charley Boy Bus Stop, Kubwa Express Way, Abuja, with
receipt number 0006 and sales invoice no: 0106.
A
petition sent to the EFCC said that prior to Mr. Hananiya’s appointment, the
university’s management passed a resolution empowering principal officers to
retain official vehicles after paying the scrap value of N150, 000.
“Principal
officers are entitled to retain their official vehicles once during their
tenures after paying the scrap value of N150, 000; and if for any reason an
officer leaves office after spending two years or half of the tenure, he shall
pay the scrap value of N150, 000,” part of the resolution reads.