Former Minister of State, Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of plans to manufacture receipts from blank letter headed papers collected from his Lagos home.
He raised the alarm Friday evening through his media aide, Jonathan Eze.
Obanikoro who disclosed that the blank letter headed papers were among the things carted away during the raid of his home, added that the anti-graft agency was planning to use them to forge acknowledgement reciepts.
The former Minister is currently being investigated by EFCC alongside his sons over their alleged collection of N4.7billion from embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Sambo Dasuki.
“Recall that when the EFCC illegally raided my houses in Lagos, they went away with various documents which included blanked signed letter headed papers as testified in the Affidavit sworn in Court.
“It has however come to my notice that the EFCC has allegedly written an acknowledgement on one of the document purportedly as evidence that I collected the equivalent sum of one million dollars in cash from a Bureau De Change and signed for it.
“This is another lie from the pit of hell. How can anybody change money from a Bureau De Change and sign for it? I still insist that throughout my stay as Minister, I never collected any money from any Bureau De Change and as such, I urge the public to ignore the EFCC who are trying to skew up investigations in its favour.
“The EFCC has obviously betrayed public trust by its latest sinister plan of manufacturing receipt in my name. Instead of genuinely carrying out its mandate, it has been grossly overshadowed by political wiles,” he said.
Continuing, Obanikoro recalled a media report quoting EFCC they had evidence of his receiving the cash.
“The paper said: the owner of A.A. G. B. S Oil and Gas confirmed to us that the company is a BDC but was only bearing the name of an oil company. He confirmed that he received N168m from Sylvan McNamara and $1million was delivered to Obanikoro in cash while he was the Minister of State for Defence based on the exchange rate at the time. Obanikoro acknowledged receipt of the cash and we have recovered evidence.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This people even think all nigerians are fool.. Why do you sign a blank letterhead paper in the first place.. What was you intention.. How could you just sign down on a blank paper if something is not fishing... Oga try another kunu this one is watery
ReplyDeleteThank you Mr Adeshins...
DeleteWhen I was reading, I was surprised that, why did he have to sign blank letter - headed paper?......
It is only cheque I know people normally sign ignorantly....
Don't mind him... He should come down to Nigeria if he knows he's not guilty..... Why does he refuse to come back home?
Guy this kunu is watery.. Try another one. Why do you sign blank paper in the first place.. Oga you have questions to answer
ReplyDeleteCome home and defend yourself nah.
ReplyDeleteIdiot obaniko. Come and defend ur self
ReplyDeleteWe know how dis tinss work
ReplyDeleteD are trying 2 set all oppositions up God dey.
Who is setting Who? Please adding a comments is optional, not mandatory if you don't have jeneue comment, silence is the best option, instead of exposing the stupidity. Let him come home and defend himself rather
ReplyDeleteAbeg help me ask am ooo, what are you doing with a blanked signed letter headed papers of a Bank? It means you are doing something fishy...there is no escape route for you in this matter. You have soiled your hands in the past and almost ruined Nigeria, therefore you must go to jail. Future leaders must learn from you corrupt ones. When PDP gets power by accident too in the future make sure you arrest any APC member you may be stealing money now.
ReplyDeleteTwo stupid things a re evident here. Why would you sign a blank letter headed paper? And why would somebody sign an acknowledgment after changing money at the bureau de change? Nigerians know that efcc and the Nigerian political leadership are bereft of simply intelligence but Koro, signing blank letter headed papers puts you in the their league. God help nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThe present government is not doing anything bad at all. They only arrested dasuki and are tracing accounts he diverted public fund to and some people are saying witch halting.Na wa ooooo
ReplyDeleteObanikoro stole people's money (Nigeria) to pamper his own children & share the rest with his accomplice. Ok oo.All what I know is that'iran akala ki kadun'
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