Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) detectives have allegedly uncovered another withdrawal of
$1.3 billion made by former Petroleum minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke on
the directive of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
The money was removed from the
accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The cash was ostensibly to fight
kidnapping and other security threats in the Niger Delta, according to The
Nation.
The withdrawal was neither
authorised by the National Assembly nor the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
Former Coordinating Minister for
the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is also believed
to be unaware of the deductions.
Diezani Alison-Madueke is
reported to have only relied on a memo from ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
without recourse to the board of the NNPC.
A former Group Executive
Director, Finance and Accounts of NNPC, Mr. Bernard Otti, has been quizzed by
the EFCC over the money.
Otti is said to have also made
available to the EFCC some documents, including approvals to withdraw the $1.3
billion by Mrs Alison-Madueke.
In two other instances, Jonathan
wrote on two other requests mandating the former minister to take part of the
cash from either NNPC Security Vote Account or from the “Gas Fund”.
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