Witnesses Narrate To Court How Abba Moro Allegedly Created An E-recruitment Portal To Fraudulently Collect Funds From Job Applicants

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

Three witnesses narrated before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja  chaired by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, how former Minister of Interior, Patrick Abba Moro, allegedly created an e-recruitment portal to fraudulently collect funds from job applicants.

The witnesses are reportedly the 12th prosecution, Adeniyi Adebayo, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, and an ex-director in the same ministry, Felix Alayebami.

The Spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC),Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement issued in  Abuja, said Adebayo, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, while being cross-examined by counsel of the first defendant, Paul Erokoro, SAN,

Uwujaren, who pointed out that Moro and Drexel Tech Nig. Ltd did not follow the rules of the Procurement Act, noted that the contract agreement was done with Drexel Tech Global Ltd but that Drexel Tech Nig. Ltd was used to execute the contract which it did not bid for.

The witness also revealed that the board of Immigrations, Fire Service, Civil Defence, and Prisons was not carried along in the contract award process. This act, according to Adeniyi, constituted an abuse of office on the part of Moro.