‘‘He directed a PMAN property developer to deposit $40,000 (Forty thousand dollars) into his domiciliary account without proper authorisation from the NWC.’’
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“He facilitated the issuance of counterfeit PMAN ID cards and false cover letters, misrepresenting these individuals as PMAN members and executives, thereby enabling their attendance at the ROTOTOM Reggae Sunsplash in Benicàssim, Spain.”PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible. Help us bring you and millions of others in-depth, meticulously researched news and information.
“Mr. Okafor has consistently refused to convene NWC meetings over the past year despite numerous requests from members. Even after the Registrar of Trade Unions intervened to facilitate these meetings, Mr. Okafor failed to cooperate. It is the second time in eight years that Mr Okafor has been accused of fraud. In February 2016, ex-PMAN president Tee Mac Iseli and Zimakoy Ibezim, a PMAN member, accused Mr Okafor of “gross financial misappropriation and ‘selling lies’ to the world.”
He explained that all this started last year, and they tried to impeach him the last time he travelled because he “refused to share the money that was meant for the radio station equipment, the PMAN FM equipment”. “But unfortunately, my ex-colleagues and the general secretaries are now doing deals behind me, trying to make the developer stay. The developer promised to give them one apartment each if they allowed him to hold ground and run the activities and the building. Meanwhile, the developer I signed was, I would say it’s my mistake; it was my fault, doesn’t have the capacity, doesn’t have the funds, and cannot build high-risers because what I design for the Abuja property is a high-riser.
They don’t have the right. They would have reported the matter to the state chapter, the NEC, and the National Executive Council before taking any decision. And they tried to embarrass me just because I said we would not waste musicians’ money.
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