Fraud allegation: VON Management releases project pictures
The management of national media body, Voice of Nigeria (VON) led by the Director General, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has released pictures of projects embarked upon since his leadership started.
Okechukwu who made this revelation to journalists in his office on Friday said: “To substantiate our statement, we hereby publish the photographs of the Generating Set, the Furniture and the ICT Center”.
The management of Voice of Nigeria (VON) on the 26 August, 2017, was outraged when an unverified report was published in the social media that; “we awarded contracts running into millions for the supply of generating set, furniture, ICT Center and for the completion of non-existing new Corporate Headquarters of VON without any new office”.
According to the report, the management of the corporate body siphoned the money which Okechukwu said, “is far from the truth”.
For the avoidance of doubt, “Plot 1386 Oda Crescent contrary to the report is one of the fruits of President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft war, which Mr. President in principle graciously referred Voice of Nigeria to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allocation. The occupation is being delayed by legal niceties of final forfeiture. This could be easily confirmed by the EFCC.
“The Generating Set, Furniture are warehoused at our Transmission Office at Lugbe and the ICT DATA CENTER is currently warehoused at Radio House, Area 11, Garki.
“We challenge Mr. Simon Ateba, the author and blogger of the said story to show evidence of high level fraud, money laundering, daylight theft and the act of paying for things that do not exist in the organization”, Okechukwu said.
Tom Okpe, Abuja
