N2.5b Misapplication: ICPC To Arraign NBC Boss Kawu Tomorrow - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 16, 2019
The Independent Corrupt Practicesand Other Offenses Commission, ICPC has said the Director General of theNational Broadcasting Commission, NBC Ishaq Moddibbo Kawu is expected to bearraign  over  alleged complicity in the misapplication ofthe 2.5 billion seed grant for Digital Switch-Over, DSO programme.
The commission’s SpokespersonRasheedat Okoduwa in a statement said, Kawu alongside the Chairman of PinnacleCommunications Limited, Lucky Omoluwa and the Chief Operating Officer of thesame company, Dipo Onifade, will be arraigned before Justice F. O. Giwa of anAbuja High Court.
Okoduwa said the trio are facing atwelve-count charge bordering on abuse of office, money laundering andmisleading a public officer with the intent to defraud the federal government,in contravention of Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other RelatedOffences Act, 2000.
The Presidency had in 2016, released10 billion naira to the Ministry of Information and Culture for the DSOprogramme and a White Paper was issued directing how the process should beexecuted.