The Director General of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Professor (Mrs) Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for her alleged involvement in criminal conspiracy and diversion of public funds to the tune of N23 million. According to a press release by the Head, Media and Publicity of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, a copy of which was made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, she was arrested, on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following her alleged linkage with the Bayelsa State Director of Bioresources Development Centre, Mr. Josiah Habu who was being investigated by the EFCC in a case of fraudulent diversion of the sum of N75 million.
The EFCC statement stated in parts that, “Further investigations have also shown that, Mrs. Habu is one of the contractors with Bioresources Development Centre, Odi, Bayelsa State and a total sum of N603,000,000.00k ( Six Hundred and Three Million Naira only) has been traced to her, in different deals involving over 20 Directors of Bioresources Development Centres across the country. Ogbadu’s linkage with all these scams is being investigated. She has been duly served with bail conditions while investigations continue.”
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