ViewPointNigeria has obtained a news article from an online media portal www.news.nigeriannation.com, which has made allegations of financial impropriety against the person of the Suspended PDP chairman of Plateau State, Dr. Haruna Dabin.

The allegations are in respect of approximately N14 million said to have been misappropriated by the erstwhile Chairman. According to the report of the disciplinary committee set up by the State Executive Committee of the party to investigate allegations of gross misconduct levelled against him, the chairman was said to have committed a series of financial irregularities while he held sway of the affairs of the party.

ViewPointNigeria has obtained a news article from an online media portal www.news.nigeriannation.com, which has made allegations of financial impropriety against the person of the Suspended PDP chairman of Plateau State, Dr. Haruna Dabin.

The allegations are in respect of approximately N14 million said to have been misappropriated by the erstwhile Chairman. According to the report of the disciplinary committee set up by the State Executive Committee of the party to investigate allegations of gross misconduct levelled against him, the chairman was said to have committed a series of financial irregularities while he held sway of the affairs of the party.

The committee’s report which was seen by journalist of the National Mirror in Jos yesterday was signed by six out of a seven member panel headed by a serving commissioner in the state.

According to the report, Dabin breached several aspects of the party’s constitution including failure to render financial accounts since he returned to the office in 2012 as party chairman.

The committee also discovered that the former chairman allegedly connived with the party’s accountant, Miss Yop Danjuma, to run an unknown account at Fidelity Bank undisclosed to members of the state working committee contrary to section 55(3) of the party’s constitution, leading to over N14 million being unaccounted for.

The committee members, according to the report, further discovered that the former party boss made several double withdrawals for same details and discovered several missing cheques from the bank passbook.

“As it is now, there is no financial report detailing income and expenditure which has been presented to the party since 2012,” the report stated.

Other allegations for which the committee indicted the former party boss included failure to constitute the state elders committee and instigation of members to institute a lawsuit against the party among others.

In view of the findings, the committee, among others, recommended that the state executive committee in accordance with section 57 of the party constitution should as a matter of urgency forward formal complaint to the party’s national working committee which has the constitutional power to discipline the indicted chairman.

But when contacted, the former PDP boss denied any involvement in the fraud allegations.
He said: “That report you are talking about I don’t know anything about it. But what I do know is that I am not part of any illegality. When I am ready to talk to the press, I will invite you.”

Before his suspension on June 16, Dabin had been the state’s party chairman since November 2010 and was reelected in April 2012.

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Allegations of financial impropriety made against suspended PDP Chairman Dr. Haruna Dabin