News as EFCC arrests NABDA’S Director General over N23Million Scam

Director General of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA)- Professor Mrs Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu, has been arrested by operatives of the EFCC for her alleged involvement in criminal conspiracy and diversion of public funds to the tune of N23million
Professor Ogbadu was arrested on Wednesday in Port Harcourt following her alleged involvement with the Bayelsa State’s Director of Bioresources Development Centre- Mr. Josiah Habu, who is currently under investigation by the EFCC in a case of fraudulent diversion of
the sum of N75million.
Investigations by the EFCC showed that Ogbadu allegedly received the sum of N23million through a bank account belonging to the wife of Mr. Josiah Habu- Mrs. Esther Habu.

She also admitted same in a voluntary statement made to the EFCC.

More investigation have also shown that Mrs Esther Habu is one of the contractors with Bioresources Development Centre, Odi, Bayelsa State and a total sum of N603m 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.