Dbanj
By Our Reporter
”
‘Its A Media Trial, ICPC Should Release Evidence of Money Paid Into My Account’- Dbanj
For Nigerian hip hop Musician, Oladapo Oyebanji, popukarly known as D’banj, these are indeed trying moments. He will have to remain in the detention facility of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over a fresh discovery of 20,000 ghost workers infused into the N-Power programme.
Recall that the anti-graft agency arrested and detained D’banj on Tuesday over fraud allegations involving the N-Power Programme.
Report of how top government officials introduced over 70,000 ghost workers into the N-Power Programme under Buhari Government and diverted Over N2.1billion
A dependable source said “The fake list costs Nigeria N2.1 billion per year while original N-Power candidates are left unpaid,”
N-Power is a youth empowerment scheme sponsored by the Nigerian Government under the Social Investment Program (SIP).
A source hinted this reporter that Dbanj would have been released on Wednesday but for the new discovery.
” The ICPC investigators discovered a new 20,000 ghost names tagged Dbanj list hence it decline to release the musician.
The source added that the names were allegedly used to divert over N600 million monthly for over two years by government officials in connivance with the Nigerian musician.
The source however added that D’banj refuted the allegation and denied any knowledge of the list.
“Like I told you yesterday, D’banj was to be released last night but our (ICPC) Director of OperationS wasn’t available. So, his lawyers were asked to come back today,” he said.
“But our investigators just discovered another 20,000 N-Power list, so he (D’banj) will remain in detention.
“Today when his lawyers arrived for his release, they were told about this fresh list containing 20,000 names. This list was being used to divert N600 million monthly from Nigeria in the last two years by Buhari government officials. The list containing 20,000 names has been bleeding Nigeria N600 million monthly over the last two years.
“It’s named the D-banj’s list. He actually denied the list when he was interrogated by our officials. That’s the reason he wasn’t released as planned.” But Dbanj has denied all the allegations. He dared the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management which supervises the N-Power scheme to release details of money traced to his bank accounts and the government officials he allegedly colluded with.
