Secretary of Imo State Artisan Association, (ISARTA), Pastor Christian Duru, is currently in the custody or the Department of State Security (DSS) for allegedly defrauding the state government of the sum of N30 million over an alleged land transaction with 4.5 hectares said to belong to the association.
The State Commissioner for Industry, Mines and Solid Minerals, Ernest Ibejiako, stated that Imo State branch of the Artisan Association claimed that in 2017, it paid N40 million to the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Solid Minerals for the allocation of 4.5 hectares of land which was said to have been allocated at different prices.
Pastor Duru has confirmed that the money in question was handed over to some Unkown people at a hotel which the petitioner said further suggested serious misconduct.
Meanwhile it was disclosed that the association presented a receipt of N8 million, which during investigation, was confirmed to be a forged document.
With these Fraudulent land issues in the state…. the commissioner Mr. Ernest Ibejiako has decided that the state government is determined to recover all property belonging to the state from hands fake land agents and realtors
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