Senator Dickson’s ex-aide charged with N864 million procurement fraud
January 28, 2021
A former aide to former Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Embeleakpo Apere, was on Thursday, arraigned by the EFCC, charged with N864.1 million procurement fraud.
Apere served Dickson as senior special assistant on Millennium Development Goals.
He was arraigned alongside Rollins Allison Amacree, Clever Loveday and a company: Oriazy Global Link Limited before Justice Jane E. Inyang of the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
All the accused are facing a 10-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy and procurement fraud.
Count 2 of the charges read: ”That you, Embeleakpo Apere and Rollins Allision Amacree, on or about 2015 and 2016 in Bayelsa State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did without soliciting for expression of interest by publishing a notice to that effect in Two National Newspapers and in your Journal, awarded and paid contract worth