Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has been accused by former Governor Seriake Dickson’s aide, John Idumange of diverting N3 billion Agricultural loan extended to the state by the CBN.

John alleged that; “Sometime in 2019, the immediate past administration applied to the Central Bank of Nigeria for an N3 billion Agricultural loan. The Governor Douye Diri administration received the loan. The first tranche of N1.5 billion was paid in March 2020 to the Prosperity administration. The money was squandered.”

“The last tranche of the loan N1. 5 billion has been paid in February 2021 via Access Bank Plc. A paltry sum of money is what the administration is using to clear some hectares of land. I am sure the Commissioner of Agriculture was not aware.”

“Plans have been concluded by the government to give fifty thousand naira (N50,000) to selected farmers in Bayelsa State. It is too early for the Prosperity administration to defraud Bayelsans and then shift the blame to the immediate past administration.”

John claimed that the present administration was diminishing the efforts of Dickson’s government. He added that he had reported the alleged fraud to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).