Chika Nwankpa, 57, the former head of the electrical engineering department, admitted to misusing the funds when confronted by officials at the Philadelphia university last year.
Nearly half of the money, $96,000, went toward adult entertainment and bar tabs, prosecutors who announced his arrest said.
Another $89,00 was spent on food and iTunes purchases.
Nwankpa allegedly looted the grant money from the Navy, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, spending it over the course of seven years beginning in 2010, prosecutors said.
Last October, Drexel University settled with federal prosecutors for $190,000 to avoid a potential lawsuit from the Justice Department, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Around that time, when Nwankpa was confronted with the improper spending, he resigned and agreed to pay $55,328 for the bill.
Nwankpa was charged with theft and freed on $25,000 bail. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Nigerian blood is really working. Dem use thief swear for Nija people. That is why ritualist, yahoo yahoo are every where.
ReplyDeleteMoney the root of all evil. Oga ashewo
I just tore for our people. Very hard to find a Naija person that does not steal directly or indirectly.Longa throat is in all spheres joined with corruption. Dem really swear for this country with looting walahi!
DeleteSome people just like to embarrass their family.
ReplyDeleteJust imagine what he spent the money on. Strip clubs!! A grown man at this age, still frequenting strip clubs and bars. What a shame!!
Shameless agbaya with no sense @ 57.
DeleteNo matter what he spent it on, it's still a crime. I know another Nigerian professor around his age who got fired and I think still in court for misusing grant money. I dont get it..after God has blessed you with a good job and accolades ie professorship and Grant, you throw your blessings to swine. Now you lose everything..Your job, your honor, your circle, public trust, all your savings etc. After spending years in the USA, you still think you can do this without being caught?? Just apply to be an uber driver cos with this record, forget any good job.
DeleteMany Nigerians "eat" grant money like hot yam. Some even apply for grants so they can spend the money like uncle wayward.
DeleteThat’s what happens in Nigeria. I think he forgot he’s in a different country. If this man, used the money to build a house, it would be different because some people would have thought he got desperate to get a place before his return. But strip clubs and bars?? Terrible.
DeleteThis one is an innocent crook.
ReplyDeleteCan't depict whats going on in his head.
They keep disgracing their nationality every where they go. Smh
Prof is kinky 😅
ReplyDeleteBaba yo
ReplyDeleteAyiiiiiiii!!! *In Zlatan's voice** Prof Wobe!!! Mad o!!
ReplyDeleteVillage people opened his case file
ReplyDeleteI swear..
DeleteThey pulled out his file and dusted it.
Honestly , na real village people hand work. A whole professor, I wonder what his problem was? Now he stands to loose his prestigious job, go to jail or deported. I jump & pass.
DeleteCan you imagine? Agbaya and I’m sure he is married
ReplyDeleteNa wa....o Men will never change
ReplyDeleteThis story would have made sense if it was concluded with the info that the wife left his foolish ass, got their home and kicked his over ripe pawpaw looking face to curb. Imagine the embarrassment he would cause his family in their Nigerian community and church.
ReplyDeleteImagine his career that he threw to the garbage, all for nothing.
You blew Grant money on strip clubbing at 57yrs OLD, WHAT A SHAME!
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ReplyDeleteLmao. He's colleagues in Nigeria use grant money to buy cars and build houses. Nothing is channeled to research. Imagine a professor of Virology not having an ordinary thermocycler,yet their shoulders will be higher than life. Continue!
ReplyDeletehmmmm..
ReplyDeletePapa wey mumu.
ReplyDeleteNigerians are excelling in greed and lewdness. When I mention staying away from Nigerians in the diaspora, they come for my head.
ReplyDeleteStay away please since you don't want to have sense. I can't stand people that generalise.
DeleteReminds me of the Jlo movie, hustlers.
ReplyDeleteProf don flex himself enter jail.
ReplyDeleteEducated fool.
ReplyDeleteAmerican of Nigerian origin please. Thank you. Was he born and bred in Nigeria?
ReplyDeleteYou not well abi
ReplyDeleteHmmm...what a shame
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