afrol News, 9 April - Nigerian government has filed charges against a dozen state officials, including the controversial daughter of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and two ministers after they were accused of corruption.

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello was accused by the anti-graft agency, the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of playing a key role in the sharing of N300 million,
being the unspent 2007 budget of the Ministry of Health.

Senator Obasanjo-Bello, who sits on the Senate's Health Committee, had allegedly received
N10 million of the funds on behalf of her committee, but refused to return the money,
despite receiving directive from the EFCC. She also refused to make herself available to the commission.

She was absent in court while charges were read.

The health committee was also said to have received N10 million of the unspent funds. But
these funds were share when the curtain was raised on the matter.

The EFCC also filed cases against the former Minister of Health, Prof. Adenike Grange and
her Minister of State, Arch. Gabriel Aduku. The embarrassed ministers resigned from their
positions sometime back after investigations uncovered their failure to return huge sums of the budget.

The ex-ministers are expected to stand trial for fraud, breach of trust, conspiracy and
forgery.

Some top officials of the ministry were suspended indefinitely.

By staff writer

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