Civic Accountability · Nigeria

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Previously in Taraba:
Term report
Documented cases of fraud, corruption, and financial misconduct by Taraba State government officials and agencies during the 2007–2015 term. Sources linked on each card.
1
Total cases
0
Convicted
0
Ongoing
0
Dismissed
Govt response:
Public Funds
Alleged fraudulent contracts and imports, and post-crash EFCC probe
investigating
Allegation
A group calling itself Concerned Indigenes of Taraba State petitioned the EFCC and ICPC in January 2009 alleging fraudulent financial practices under Suntai, including unnecessary imports of foreign cars, preference for foreign over local workers, and inflated road-construction contracts; the EFCC separately opened an investigation into alleged conspiracy, abuse of office, misappropriation of public funds and money laundering running into billions of naira while Suntai was in Germany recovering from his October 2012 plane crash.
Outcome / Status
No independently confirmed conviction or final resolution of either matter was identified in available reporting.