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EFCC arrests two Chinese for offering N100M bribe to compromise investigations

Saint AugustineBy Saint AugustineMay 12, 2020No Comments2 Mins Read
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The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two Chinese: Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Koi for offering a sum of fifty million Naira (N50,000,000) as bribe to its Zonal Head, Mr. Abdullahi Lawal.

The suspects were arrested yesterday in Sokoto.

According to a statement by the Head, Media & Publicity, EFCC, Dele Oyewale, the bribe was allegedly offered in a desperate bid to compromise ongoing investigations of a construction company, China Zhonghao Nigeria Limited handling contracts awarded by the Zamfara State Government in the sum of Fifty Billion Naira (N50,000,000,000.00) between 2012 to 2019.

The statement said that the zonal office of the Commission was investigating the construction company in connection with the execution of contracts for the construction of township roads in Gummi, Bukkuyun, Anka and Nassarawa towns of Zamfara state and also the construction of one hundred and sixty eight (168) solar- powered boreholes in the 14 local government areas of the state.

“Alarmed by the consistency and professionalism of investigation being conducted, the company reached out to Lawal with an offer of One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000) as bribe to “bury” the matter.

“In a grand design to trap the corrupt officials, Lawal played along and on Monday, two representatives of the company; Meng Wei Kun and Xu Kuoi offered him cash totaling fifty million naira in their office along airport road, Sokoto. The cash was offered as a first installment.

“The suspects were promptly arrested with the cash as evidence”, the statement said.

It continued, “Investigation of the construction company was informed by intelligence on alleged conspiracy, misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement, official corruption, abuse of office, stealing and money laundering obtained against the Zamfara state government through inflated and uncompleted contracts awarded to the company.

“Investigations have so far revealed that China Zounghao Limited  has received payments of over Forty One Billion Naira (N41,000, 000, 000.00) from the Zamfara state government, out of which about Sixteen Billion Naira (N16,000,000,000.00) equivalent to over fifty three million US Dollars ($53,000,000.00) was allegedly diverted and traced to some Bureau de Change operators.”

It however stated that the suspects would soon be charged to court.

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China Zounghao Nigeria Limited Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Mr. Abdullahi Lawal Mr. Dele Oyewale Mr. Meng Wei Kun Mr. Xu Kuoi Zamfara State Government
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