{"id":18584,"date":"2024-02-06T09:25:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T09:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=18584"},"modified":"2024-02-06T09:25:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T09:25:48","slug":"efcc-arrests-hadi-sirikas-brother-over-n8-06-billion-contract-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/02\/06\/efcc-arrests-hadi-sirikas-brother-over-n8-06-billion-contract-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Arrests Hadi Sirika&#8217;s Brother Over N8.06 Billion Contract Fraud&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ulvxy-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ulvxy-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col pb-9 text-sm\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-367\">\n<div class=\"px-4 py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 text-base mx-auto gap-3 md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem] group final-completion\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full flex-col lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"c78a7e86-1dd1-4dc6-8c59-fcb738c30d9f\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has purportedly apprehended Abubakar Ahmad Sirika, the brother of former Minister Hadi Sirika, in connection with an alleged N8.06 billion contract fraud within the Federal Ministry of Aviation. Abubakar Sirika, holding the position of a Level-16 officer in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, is identified as the owner of Engirios Nigeria Limited, a company that reportedly received N3.2 billion from contracts awarded by his brother during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The contracts in question involve various projects, including the construction of the Terminal Building in Katsina Airport, the Fire Truck Maintenance and Refurbishment Centre in Katsina Airport, procurement and installation of equipment in Aviation House, Abuja, and the procurement of aircraft and simulator for the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the substantial payments made for these contracts, investigators have allegedly uncovered no evidence of work being carried out on these projects, raising concerns of fraudulent activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has purportedly apprehended Abubakar Ahmad Sirika, the brother of former Minister Hadi Sirika, in connection with an alleged N8.06 billion contract fraud within the Federal Ministry of Aviation. Abubakar Sirika, holding the position of a Level-16 officer in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, is identified as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":18586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18611,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18584\/revisions\/18611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}