A fresh update has emerged on the N- Power fraud case involving Nigerian singer, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’Banj who is currently in the detention facility of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
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Reports made available on Friday morning reveals that the anti-graft agency has discovered a list tagged D’banj list, containing names of 20,000 people ghostly infused into the N- Power Programme.
Recall that D’banj was detained by the ICPC on Tuesday after the latter willingly made himself available for interrogation over the case in which his name was mentioned.
There have been reports of irregularities in the programme launched by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government on June 8, 2016.
However, there are reports of top government officials introducing thousands of ghost workers into the N-Power Programme and fraudulently diverting billions of naira into their pockets.
On D’banj’s alleged involvement in the irregularities, a source at the humanitarian ministry on Wednesday night reportedly confided in SaharaReporters that top government officials in President Buhari’s government have been using cronies to siphon funds under the social intervention programmes.
The source told the news platform, however, that ICPC would release D’banj on Wednesday night after failing to successfully link the musician to the fraudulent activities in the N-Power Programme.
However, D’banj was not released as reported but the source on Thursday again said investigators discovered a fresh list containing over 20,000 ghost names, tagged “D’banj’s list.”
The names were allegedly used to divert over N600 million monthly for over two years by government officials in connivance with the Nigerian musician, hence, the singer would be further detained.
It was gathered that D’banj countered the allegation and denied any knowledge of the list.
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“As I told you yesterday, D’banj was to be released last night but our (ICPC) Director of Operations wasn’t available. So, his lawyers were asked to come back today,” the source said.
He added: “But our investigators just discovered another 20,000 N-Power lists, so he (D’banj) will remain in detention.
“Today when his lawyers arrived for his release, they were told about this fresh list containing 20,000 names. This list was being used to divert N600 million monthly from Nigeria in the last two years by Buhari government officials. The list containing 20,000 names has been bleeding Nigeria N600 million monthly over the last two years.
“It’s named the D-banj’s list. He actually denied the list when he was interrogated by our officials. That’s the reason he wasn’t released as planned.”
