The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has recovered the sum of N473million out of the N4.68billion
allegedly collected by former Minister of state for Defence, Senator Musiliu
Obanikoro.
In a recent interview, Chairman of
the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Itse Sagay had
said he does not know why Obanikoro was not listed among the looters.
Obanikoro allegedly shared the
money to Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose and Senator Iyiola Omisore towards
their 2014 governorship contests.
According to Daily Trust, the
EFCC is set to commence the prosecution of Obanikoro.
The former Minister is now a
member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The newspaper quoted a source as
saying that the sum of N350 million has been recovered from Omosore out of the
N1.7bn allegedly transferred to him by Obanikoro.
The Commission, according to the
newspaper, has also recovered the sum of N123 million from Obanikoro, who
claimed he was only asked by the former National Security Adviser (NSA) to
deliver the funds to Fayose and Omisore
The recovered funds, according to
Daily Trust, are said to be part of the N4.68bn, allegedly collected by Senator
Obanikoro from the office of former NSA, Sambo Dasuki in the run-up to the
governorship election in Ekiti State in June 2014 and Osun State in August
2014.
Out of the N4.68bn allegedly
received from the former NSA through Silva Mac Namera Limited, the sums of
N1.3bn and $5m were said to have been separately given to Fayose while
additional N300m was allegedly given to Omisore directly from the NSA’s office
through FIMEX GUILT Nigeria Limited.
The balance of N685m, according
to our source, was retained by Obanikoro out of which N123m has been recovered
by the EFCC.
Daily Trust also gathered that
choice properties worth N1.8bn allegedly purchased with proceeds of the funds
located at Lagos and Abuja have also been recovered from Fayose and his sister
Moji Ladeji.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com