The Justice Elizabeth Kpojime Commission of Inquiry which resumed sitting at the Makurdi High Court Four yesterday heard that the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs paid N18.7 billion meant for primary school teachers’ salaries into an unknown account with First Bank in Makurdi.
Testifying before the Commission, Permanent Secretary of the Bureau, Mr. Emmanuel Ikpe who could not give satisfactory explanation as to the owner of the bank account, appealed to the Commission to invite the former Special Adviser of the Bureau during the period under investigation, Mr. Solomon Wombo and the then Permanent Secretary, Mr. Asen Sambe, to give the required clarifications.
