By Osahon Osahon
A former Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Gimba Kumo, who is a son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), over alleged misappropriation of $65 million National Housing Funds.
Kumo, who married Fatima, daughter of Buhari, in Daura, Katsina State, in 2016, was declared wanted with two other persons, namely, Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola, over the alleged fraud.
ICPC in a notice that carried pictures of the wanded persons, and signed by its Spokesperson Azuka Ogugua, urged the public to provide information about the whereabouts of the wanted persons.
The statement said: “The persons whose pictures appear above, Mr Tarry Rufus, Mr Gimba Yau Kumo and Mr. Bola Ogunsola, are hereby declared WANTED by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in connection with issues bordering on misappropriation of National Housing Funds and diversion of the sum of Sixty Five Million dollars ($65,000,000).
“Anyone who has useful information on their whereabouts should report to ICPC Headquarters Abuja, any of the ICPC State Offices or the nearest police station, or call ICPC toll-free lines: 0803-123-0280, 0803-123-0281, 0803-123-0282, 0705-699-0190, 0705-699-0191 and 0800-CALL-ICPC (0800-2255-4272) or send an email to info@icpc.gov.ng,” the notice read.
Meanwhile, the Senate Committee on public accounts had in April, this year, summoned Mr. Kumo to explain the alleged irregular award of N3 billion contract when he was still at the bank.
The Committee issued the summon following a query raised in a 2015-2018 report by the office of the auditor-general of the federation (AuGF) against the FMBN.
According to the report, the contract was awarded in four phases and was overpaid to the tune of N3,045,391,531.97.
