Ex-Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State alleged fraudulent act has been exposed by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
EFCC revealed that the former governor allegedly embezzled the sum of N3billion out of N9billion sales proceeds of Benue State shares.
According to EFCC, the former governor and his Commissioner for Finance used a company called Elixir Securities Ltd. to divert the shares sales of Benue Investment and Property Company Ltd. between August 8 and October 30th 2014 in Abuja using Elixir Securities Ltd. which paid the sum of N3.1billion into the account of Fanffash Resources World Wide Ltd., a bureau de change company owned by Abubakar Umar.
EFCC revealed that Abubakar Umar confessed to them that he gave 15,800,000 dollars cash which is the dollar equivalent of N3.1 billion to the former governor at his Abuja home.