Cecilia Udo Essien, the immediate former Head of Civil Service in Akwa Ibom state, has allegedly diverted millions of naira of state funds.
According to Sahara Reporters, the stolen funds were supposed to pay the entitlements of indigenes of Akwa Ibom who worked with the Cross River Hotel Tourism Board.
Some of the affected workers from Akwa Ibom said that their counterparts from Cross River State were reabsorbed into the state’s civil service and duly paid off, but those from Akwa Ibom state were abandoned.