Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has ordered the immediate suspension of the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Perekebena Omoun Perez. The governor also ordered the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Bennett Agamah; Assistant Director, Agricultural Engineering, Oki Yintareke; and the Chief Accountant, Gabriel Idiatacheko, “to proceed on compulsory leave until further notice in line with civil service extant rules.”
Perez Omoun, Delta State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Permanent Secretary, Ben Agamah and workers in the ministry have been accused of illegally transferring N280 million meant for agricultural programmes to a private account. This violates the Public Procurement Act Raising the alarm, sources in the ministry told SaharaReporters that the N280 million was illegally transferred in tranches and to a private account by the commissioner in connivance with the permanent secretary.
Thirteen inmates across the five correctional centres in Delta State have regained freedom. Delta State Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Diai, who freed them,
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