Kwara N100 Million Bursary Shared Without List Of Beneficiaries, Says EFCC Witness
The three officers of the Board allegedly diverted state funds to the tune of 100 million earmarked by the government of Kwara State in 2017 and 2018 for payment of bursary allowances to students
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 26, 2021
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday resumed the trial in the alleged mismanagement of N100million scholarship funds by the immediate past chairperson of the Kwara State Scholarship Board, Hajia Fatimoh Yusuf, and two other principal officers of the Board.
The EFCC produced a prosecution witness, Lawal Abdulwahab, who told Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin that he never saw the list of the beneficiaries of the 2018 bursary allowances.
Trial Of Alleged N100m Kwara Bursary Scam Adjourned Due To Counsel s Absence In Court
The court adjourned the case to January 26 due to the absence of the counsel to the first defendant.
by Saharareporters, New York
Jan 14, 2021
The trial of the immediate past Chairperson of Kwara State Scholarship Board, Fatima Yusuf, and two others over N100 million Kwara bursary scam, has been adjourned due to the absence of Yusuf s lawyer, Y.O. Ahmed, in court.
The court adjourned the case to January 26 due to the absence of the counsel to the first defendant.
L-R: Ex-Kwara Scholarship Board chairperson; Hajia Fatima Yusuf and Secretary; Alhaji Fatai Lamidi