Exposed!!! How stolen transformers were found in Former LG Chairman’s Hotel

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In 2011, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) began an investigation into the disappearance of three out of five 500 KVA transformers meant for some rural areas in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, under the administration of Honourable Abubakar Suberu Adagu.
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Only two electricity transformers were installed in Eyika Adagu and Uhuoze, both in Eyika district, while the whereabouts of the three others were unkbown, as then chairman denied any knowledge of them.

Recently, there was a breakthrough as one of the transformers was found at Crestwood Hotel in Lugbe, Abuja, belonging to the former chairman, Hon Adagu Suberu.

Shortly after the discovery, the current local government chairman, Hon Yusuf Hassan was alerted from the EFCC headquarters, that one of the missing transformers under the administration of Hon Adagu had been found.

on August 25, 2014, the local government wrote officially to the EFCC for the release of the electricity transformer.

The letter signed by the chairman, Hon Yusuf commended the EFCC for the breakthrough, noting that the former chairman had been under investigation for various criminal offences committed while he held sway.

The transformer was handed over to the chairman at Wuse office of the commission in Abuja on 19th November, 2014.

Speaking to The Graphic, the chairman of the local government assured the people of the area that no stone would be left unturned to recover the remaining two transformers, which was purchased with tax payer’s MONEY.

He promised to install it in the area that had been in darkness for quite a long time.

He urged the people to have confidence in the EFCC, saying that no matter how long an investigation might take, the offender will eventually be brought to book.

According to him, the chairman would be charged to court by the EFCC to answer for his crimes.

Source: The Graphics

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