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Justice
Elizabeth Kpojime
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The Justice Elizabeth
Kpojime Commission of Inquiry, which resumed sitting at the Makurdi High Court
Four on Wednesday, said the Benue State Bureau for Local Government and
Chieftaincy Affairs paid ₦18.7bn
meant for primary school teachers’ salaries into an unknown account with First
Bank in Makurdi.
Testifying
before the commission, the Permanent Secretary of the Bureau, Mr. Emmanuel
Ikpe, who could not give a satisfactory explanation on the identity of 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.
