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High profile cases: AGF denies rift with EFCC

…Speaks of plans for national justice policy

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) Thursday waved aside speculation about a rift between him and the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu on the handling of high profile criminal cases.

A recent letter from the office of the AGF had directed the EFCC to forward files on about 35 high profile cases, involving ex-governors and other prominent individuals to his AGF’s office for vetting and further directive.

The directive ignited speculation about a possible rift between the AGF and Magu, with many expressing doubt about the AGF’ true intention. Some even claimed the directive was a prelude to the AGF’s office eventual takeover of the cases.

Speaking in Abuja Thursday, Malami said there was no rift between his office and the EFCC leadership.

Malami, who was reacting to questions from journalists after an event held in his office, said he did not believe the letter to the EFCC was an evidence of a right between his office and the EFCC or that his office intended to take over the cases.

Earlier, Malami spoke about a forthcoming “national summit on justice,” slated for August 8 and 10 in Abuja. He also unveiled the upgraded Federal Ministry of Justice’s website and Freedom of Information (FOI) Compliance portal.

Malami said the summit, to be attended by stakeholders in the nation’s justice sector, was intended to consider, adopt and validate the draft National Policy on Justice (NPJ), developed by a technical committee constituted by the Federal Ministry of Justice in 2016.

On the need for a national justice policy, the AGF said: “Given the challenges militating against an effective administration of justice and the peculiarity of our federal system, there is the need to harmonize and integrate the various reforms initiatives into a clearly articulated National Justice Policy.

“The policy is expected to clearly define Nigeria’s political philosophy with respect to justice delivery and provide a common direction for the justice sector stakeholders across the nation.

“The policy, in broad term, is expected to set out a common vision and provide the guidelines for promoting an effective justice system that guarantees the freedom of the people and socio-economic development of the nation.

“This policy will therefore, serve as a policy framework upon which relevant institutions can situate regulations and legislation in line with best practices and principles,” Malami said.

While unveiling the upgraded website and FOI portal, Malami. Said the initiatives were in line with the objective of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to ensure transparency in the condut of government affairs.

He said: “I am pleased to noted that the FOI portal launched today will not only help in the effective implementation of the FOI Act, but will go a long way in fulfilling the President’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) commitments in the area of access to information as manifested in the OGP national action plan.

*As a government, we will remain focused, bold and result oriented in delivering on the promises of President Muhammadu Buhari, aimed at providing good governance to the Nigerian people,” Malami said.

August 3, 2017
Court orders release of Akinjide’s passport for medical travel

A Federal High Court Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the release of the international passport of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Olajumoke Akinjide.

Akinjide is facing charges bordering on N650 million fraud before an Ibadan division of the court.

She had filed an application through her lawyer, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN) urging the Lagos division of the court to grant a release of her passport for a medical trip overseas.

Ayorinde, moving the application dated July 12 on Wednesday, said it was based on hospital recommendation, which had referred the accused for a medical check.

He sought an order of the court for the release of Akinjide’s passport to enable her undertake the foreign medical trip.

The counsel also prayed the court to grant an order for a release of the passport at anytime when required.

Ayorinde said that the prosecution was not opposed to the application, as the ex minister was not a flight risk.

In response, EFCC lawyer, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, confirmed service of the application, and said that the prosecution was not opposed to it.

Consequently, Justice Chuka Obiozor ordered the release of the international passport of the accused for the trip.

Obiozor ordered that the duration must not exceed 30 days.

The judge, however, refused the second leg of the application seeking a release of the passport at any other time when required.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on June 22, arraigned Akinjide and one Chief Olanrewaju Otiti before an Ibadan Federal High Court.

The ex-minister was accused of conspiring with Otiti to launder a sum of N650 million, which she allegedly collected out of the 115 million dollars allegedly doled out by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezaani Alison-Madueke.

The EFCC said the act contravened the provisions of Section14, 15 and 18 (a) of the Money Laundering Act, 2012.

The accused had, however, pleaded not guilty to the 24 counts levelled against them.

July 27, 2017
EFCC seals multi-billion naira Enugu Mall

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday sealed the multi-billion naira Enugu Mall occupied by SPAR, a multinational retail outlet.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EFCC officers stormed the building in the early hours of the day and dispersed all the workers.

Mr Chris Oluka, the Head of Public Affairs of EFCC, confirmed the incident, saying that the managers of the building flouted the directive of EFCC on the construction of the building.

Oluka said that the officers from Abuja raided the mall and dispersed workers who were recently recruited preparatory to official opening of business on Friday.

“Yes, our men went there to disperse them because they flouted our instructions.

“We had sealed the premises and wrote ‘under EFCC investigation’, but they covered the write-up with paint,” he said.

It would be recalled that the commission had earlier in the year sealed the mall, located beside the Enugu State House of Assembly, by writing the inscription ‘Under EFCC Investigation’.

However, construction work continued at the site.

Mr Johnson Babalola, the Zonal Head of Operations in EFCC South East, had during an earlier interaction with newsmen, said it was not against any known law for the owners to go ahead with construction work.

Babalola said that since the property was not yet under permanent forfeiture to the government, “construction work can still go on while investigations continue”.

On the new development, Oluka, however, said that allowing the business to operate in the building could jeopardise investigations.

“I do not have much to say about this because the officers that dispersed the workers this morning came from Abuja,” Oluka said.

On the invitation of the managee of the mall to the zonal office of the commission after the workers were dispersed, Oluka said it should not be misconstrued as an arrest.

“They were invited to come and explain why they did what we told them not to do,” Oluka said.

Some workers at the mall, however, expressed displeasure over the incident, describing it as anti-labour.

Some of the newly recruited workers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they were worried because EFCC officials swooped on the mall just two days to the official opening.

One of the workers said: “we are surprised this can happen at a time the government is preaching job creation.

“Over 250 of us were employed by this company and we are not certain what will happen next.

“We are appealing to the authorities concerned to look into it urgently and save us from continued hardship.”

Efforts to reach the managers failed as they were all at the EFCC office for interrogation as at the time of this report.

July 26, 2017
Magu challenges CSOs on close monitoring of NDDC projects

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the South-South to closely monitor contract award and execution by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Magu made the call in Port-Harcourt at an interactive session with CSO leaders in Rivers and Bayelsa states on Monday, the commission said in a statement.

According to him, proper monitoring of contract award and implementation by citizens is an effective way of fighting the evil of project abandonment in the country.

“We must monitor how contracts are being given and how they are executed to ensure transparency and accountability.

“Also, civil society groups are needed to work with the EFCC in ensuring that right things are done, not only in respect of contract issues but also in all other issues.

“Let people do the right thing within the South-South.

“If people do the right thing it is for the benefit of the people of the Niger Delta”, spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, quoted him as saying.

The EFCC boss also called on the CSO leaders to be ready to serve as a bridge between the commission and the larger public.

He decried the rising rate of poverty within the South-South, noting that money meant for the development of the region was not accounted for.

He, therefore, challenged them to work towards ending corruption in the region by sensitising youths and other interest groups about the evils of the menace.

Magu stated that for CSOs to rise to the new responsibilities thrust on them, they must be committed, properly-involved and courageous. .

“We are coming together to adopt a common strategy, be committed and properly involved. You need patience, perseverance and courage.

“They will fight you because corruption always fights back but they cannot overcome you because you are doing the right thing”, he said.

The National Director, Coalition of NGOs Against Corruption, Mr Haris Chuma, commended the EFCC on behalf of the CSOs.

Chuma said the tempo of the fight against corruption had significantly increased since Magu came on board.

He promised that the group would show more commitment and responsibility in the new roles offered them by the EFCC.

“We are willing and ready to work with the commission to bring corruption to an end’’, he said.

July 25, 2017
EFCC nabs man for alleged $5,400 credit card fraud

A suspected credit card fraudster, who allegedly masterminded the theft of 5,400 Canadian dollars from a catering entertainment outfit in Canada, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, identified the suspect as 20-year-old Yusuf Balogun Alabi, a Lagos resident.

Uwujaren said the bubble burst on Alabi after one Tony Adebero, a young Nigerian undergraduate of Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, was arrested in Toronto, Canada, on charges of wire fraud.

Uwujaren said, “The youngster, who was expecting to receive his tuition from his dad, Mr Oyewole Adebero, did not suspect fraud when his account was credited by his bank.

“He, however, became worried when few days after, he got a call from his bank, TD Canada Trust Bank, asking for details of the person who made transfer to his account, within 12 hours.”

The destrught student was said to have immediately called his father, who in turn contacted a Bureau de Change (BDC) operator, Kassim Ishola, to whom he gave the money for transfer to his son.

The BDC operator reportedly mentioned one Idris Oni as the person he gave the money to transfer.

Idris, in turn, mentioned Alabi, the arrested suspect as the man who effected the transfer.

According to the EFCC spokesman, Alabi supplied the name, Bacon Jamie Cecil, as the person that actually wired the funds to Tony in Canada.

Unfortunately for Tony, Bacon Jamie Cecil was discovered to be a fake name prompting his arrest in Canada.

Uwujaren said the scam was brought to the attention of the EFCC through a June 2 petition filed by Tony’s father, Adebero.

In the petition, Adebero informed the anti-graft agency that his son was charged to court in Canada for engaging in internet fraud.

Uwujaren said; “Adebero explained that sometime in 2016, he approached his bank in Nigeria when he wanted to pay his son’s school fees in Thompson Rivers University BC Canada but had difficulty due to foreign exchange scarcity and the stiff forex regulations at the time.

“In the midst of the challenge, he met a church member, one Mrs Ibidola, who also had children schooling abroad.

“She introduced him to the Bureau de Change operator that would help transfer the funds to his son.”

According to him, Adebero said his son later informed him via telephone on Sept. 6, 2016, that his Canadian bank called him requesting for the details of the person who made the transfer to his account.

Tony reportedly told his father that the information was to be provided to the bank within 12 hours, as they suspected a fraudulent transaction.

Investigation by the commission, according to Uwujaren, led to the arrest of the prime suspect, Alabi.

“The EFCC found that Alabi, in an online transaction, contracted a caterer in Canada, Bruce Morris, while posing to be a lady by name Monica Donal, based in the United States of America.

“He, thereafter, initiated the fraud by placing request for 100 boxes of lunch for a family reunion to Bruce Morris, owner of Kaizen Catering Entertainment, Brantford Canada.

“They arrived at an estimated figure, while Bruce raised an invoice for payment,” he said.

During interrogation, the suspect reportedly told investigators he had several credit cards in his possession, which he kept trying, until one pulled through and about 11,000 Canadian dollars was transferred to the catering company.

Alabi said he instructed Bruce to transfer the sum of 5,400 Canadian dollars to Tony’s account in Canada, according to Uwujaren.

Tony’s father told the commission that he paid N1.4 million, equivalent to 7,400 Canadian dollars, to the BDC operator being the money transfered to his son in two installments of $2,000 and $5,400.

The commission spokesman said Alabi had made confessional statements to the commission.

Uwujaren said the suspect admitted that he perpetrated the fraud with the use of credit card numbers which he claimed to have accessed from an online site.

Alabi is presently in the EFCC custody, while investigations continue, he said.

July 21, 2017
Senate to fast track creation of autonomous NFIU

A Bill which aims to separate the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) scaled first reading in the Senate Thursday.

This is coming less than twenty four hours after the upper chamber raised the alarm over the suspension of Nigeria by the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Unit.

The Bill, sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption, Senator Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu North) seeks to create autonomous NFIU for the country which will not be domiciled in the EFCC.

The move to create an independent NFIU is line with the demand of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Unit which had given the country December 2017 deadline to comply or risk expulsion from the group.

The Senate had on Wednesday debated the suspension of Nigeria from the Egmont Group for failing to grant autonomy to the NFIU.

The upper chamber declared its intention to give accelerated hearing to the Bill to ensure that the NFIU becomes independent before the December 2017 deadline given by Egmont Group.

Shortly after the Bill scaled first reading, Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, directed the Business and Rules Committee to ensure that the Bill was scheduled for Second Reading on Tuesday next week.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi told reporters that the Senate does not want anybody to doubt the supportive role of the upper chamber to the fight against corruption in the country.

The Senate Abdullahi said, has its own input to make to ensure the success of the anti-graft war.

He noted that for any anti-graft agency to succeed in its task, it must share intelligence report with sister agencies in the world.

He said, “Our worry is that Nigeria was suspended from the Egmont Group basically because NFIU has not been granted autonomy and still domiciled in EFCC. The essence of it is that in sharing intelligence, there are protocols that must be respected. The Senate is committed to ensuring that the right thing is always done. We must be proactive. If you strengthen the NFIU you are strengthening other intelligence units in the country.”

July 20, 2017
Alleged N650m fraud: Ex FCT minister seeks foreign medical travel

A Federal High Court in Lagos Wednesday fixed July 26 to hear an application by a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Olajumoke Akinjide, seeking approval to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Akinjide is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged fraud of N650m.

Through her lawyer, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), she appeared before Justice Chuka Obiozor, to argue the application.

But the matter could not proceed as the judge noted that it was not listed for hearing for the day.

Justice Obiozor, subsequently, adjourned hearing till July 26.

The judge, however, hinted that he might not be inclined to grant the application as Akinjide was not being tried before him and he was not the one who admitted the ex-minister to bail.

But Ayorinde assured the judge that he had spoken with all parties involved, adding that the EFCC which might not oppose the application.

Last June 22, the EFCC arraigned Akinjide and one Chief Olanrewaju Otiti before the Federal High Court in Ibadan.

The ex-minister was accused of conspiring with Otiti to launder a sum of N650m, which she allegedly collected out of the $115m allegedly doled out by a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezaani Alison-Madueke, to compromise the 2015 general election.

The EFCC said they acted contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering Act, 2012 punishable under Section 15 (3) and (4) of the Act.

They pleaded not guilty to the 24 counts.

July 19, 2017
Navy arrests two vessels with suspected stolen AGO

A Merchant Vessel (MV) SHIRLEY and Motor Tanker (MT) Vine allegedly laden with 745 metric tons of stolen AGO have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy (NN).

The vessels, which were arrested along with their 14 crew members by operatives of the NNS BEECROFT, were handed over to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

While MT VINE with six crew members was laden with products whose flash point was higher than the specification of the regulatory agencies, MV SHIRLEY with eight crew carried low quality products.

At the handover, the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command (WNC) Rear Admiral Sylvanus Abba said MT VINE was arrested on June 9, at about 1:30am, on its arrival at SB BAKARE Jetty, Kirikiri, to discharge the about 600MT of AGO it was carrying.

He disclosed that the flash point of the product was higher than that specified by DPR and Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON).

He said the colour of the product was off DPR standard as indicated by lab analysis, adding that when the vessel’s haulage was checked, it was discovered that MT VINE was carrying about 600MT of AGO ad against the 400MT quantity authorised.

For MV SHIRLEY, the FOC said it was arrested at about 6:10pm on April 19, at Lagos anchorage for allegedly dealing in petroleum products illegally.

“The vessel was laden with about 145MT of AGO without valid documents for carrying petroleum products in Nigerian waters. Samples of the products were taken for laboratory test to ascertain its quality and the result indicated that the sample did not meet DPR/SON specifications which indicated that it might have been refined illegally.

Abbah reiterated that the navy in its renewed efforts to purge maritime domain of illegalities, would not tolerate any fraudulent activities.

He said: “The command has zero tolerance for every form of criminality in its area of responsibility. Defaulters are advised to desist from such acts or face the wrath of the law.”

July 19, 2017
Court orders interim forfeiture of Diezani’s property, cash

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of a property at Banana Island, Lagos bought for $37.5m in 2013 by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

Justice Chuka Obiozor, a vacation judge, made the order Wednesday following an ex parte application by a counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Anselem Ozioko.

The EFCC, in documents filed in court, described the property as Building 3, Block B, Bella Vista Plot 1, Zone N, Federal Government Layout, Banana Island Foreshore Estate, has 24 apartments, 18 flats and six penthouses.

The court also ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sums of $2,740,197.96 and N84, 537,840.70, said to be part of the rent collected on the property.

The funds were said to have been found in a Zenith Bank account numbered 1013612486.

Ozioko had told the judge that the EFCC reasonably suspected that the property was acquired with proceeds of Diezani’s alleged unlawful activities.

He said the EFCC’s investigation revealed that Diezani made the $37.5m payment for the purchase of the property in cash, adding that the money was moved straight from her house in Abuja and paid into the selller’s First Bank account in Abuja.

Ozioko added: “Nothing could be more suspicious than someone keeping such huge amounts in her apartment. Why was she doing that? To avoid attention.

“We are convinced beyond reasonable doubt because as of the time this happened, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke was still in public service as the Minister of Petroleum Resources.”

The application was filed pursuant to Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, No. 14, 2006 and Section 44(2)(k) of the constitution.

Listed as respondents in the application were Diezani, a legal practitioner, Afamefuna Nwokedi, and a company, Rusimpex Limited.

In a 41-paragraph affidavit attached to the application, an EFCC investigative officer Abdulrasheed Bawa, averred that Nwokedi, in connivance with Diezani, incorporated Rusimpex Limited, on September 11, 2013 to facilitate the alleged fraud scheme.

According to Bawa, when Nwokedi was questioned by the EFCC, the lawyer explained that he had approached Diezani for opportunities in the Oil and Gas industry but the ex-minister told him that being a lawyer, she did not have any such opportunity for him.

She allegedly asked him whether he could in the alternative manage landed properties, an offer which Nwokedi accepted.

Bawa stated that Nwokedi later registered Rusimpex Limited at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), wherein a lawyer in his law firm, Adetula Ayokunle, and a Russian, Vladmir Jourauleu, were listed as the directors of the company, while the address of Nwokedi’s law firm in Ikoyi, Lagos was registered as the business address of Rusimpex Limited.

The investigator added that when Ayokunle was questioned by the EFCC, he explained that he only appended his signature on the CAC documents at his boss’ instruction, while Jourauleu denied knowledge of the firm.

Bawa said: “Sometime in 2013, the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, invited Barrister Afamefuna Nwokedi, the Principal Counsel of Stillwaters Law Firm, to her house in Abuja for a meeting where she informed the said Barrister Afamefuna Nwokedi to incorporate a company and use same as a front to manage landed properties on her behalf without using her name in any of the incorporation documents.

“She further directed Mr. Afamefuna Nwokedi to meet with Mr. Bisi Onasanya, the Group Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria Plc for that purpose.

“Mr. Stephen Onasanya was invited by the commission and he came and volunteered an extrajudicial statement wherein he stated that he marketed a property at Bella Vista, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, belonging to Mr. Youseff Fattau of Ibatex Nigeria Limited to Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke and Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke later bought the property from Mr. Youseff Fattau, through her lawyer, Mr. Afamefuna Nwokedi (who she introduced to him) and that payment for the said property was made through the Abuja office of First Bank of Nigeria Plc.

“First Bank of Nigeria Plc, through Mr. Barau Muazu, wrote to the commission and also volunteered an extrajudicial statement in writing that they made the payments totalling US37,500,000 to Ibatex Nigeria Limited & YF Construction Development and Real Estate Limited on behalf of Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke and that they collected the entire cash from Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke at her residence of No. 10, Fredrick Chiluba Close of Jose Marti Street, Asokor, Abuja and paid into the First Bank of Nigeria Plc accounts of Ibatex and YF Construction Development and Real Estate Limited on her instruction.”

After listening to the EFCC lawyer, Ozioko Justice Obiozor made an order temporarily seizing the property and the funds.

He directed that the order should be published in a national newspaper.

He adjourned till August 7, 2017 for anyone interested in the property and funds to appear before him.

July 19, 2017
Court remands ex-Jigawa gov, Turaki in Kuje prison

…Arraigned on 32 count over alleged N36b fraud.

A Federal High Court in Abuja Tuesday ordered that former Governor of Jigawa State, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki be remanded in Kuje prison in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

By the order given by Justice Nnamdi Dimba, Turaki is to remain in prison pending when he is able to meet the conditions attached to the bail granted him after he was arraigned, with three companies, on a 32-count charge, in which they were accused of laundering about N36billion

Turaki, who was earlier granted bail on liberal terms on July 14 by the vacation judge of the High Court of the FCT, Justice Yusuf Halilu, was arraigned before the Federal High Court on Tuesday on a charge filed in 2007 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The charge is marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/86/2007.

The ex-Governor, who was rearrested by the EFCC on July 4 at a social function in Abuja, after jumping bail and allegedly evading arrest for about six years, was arraigned on Tuesday with three companies -INC Natural Resources Ltd, Arkel Construction Nigeria Ltd and Wildcat Construction Ltd.

After the arraignment and the argument on the bail application made by defence lawyer, Ahmed Raji (SAN), Justice Dimgba noted that in view of the bail earlier granted Turaki by the High Court of the FCT, he was minded to grant bail.

He directed lawyers for the parties: Mohammed Abubakar for the EFCC and Raji for the defence, to agree on terms on which the Turaki could be granted bail.

After a meeting between the lawyers, the reported the agreed terms to the court, which the judge partially adopted and granted Turaki bail at N500million, with two sureties at N250,000 each, who must either be businessmen or civil servants not below the level of a director and must own properties in FCT, including the satellite towns.

The judge ordered to submit his travel documents to the court, and is to seek the court’s permission before travelling abroad. He is to report to the EFCC one in a month.

Justice Dimgba directed the EFCC to liaise with the registrar of the court to verify whether or not Turaki meets the bail conditions, following which the EFCC is to send a letter to the court confirming verification.

The judge said, should the EFCC fails to do that within 24 hours of the defence meeting bail, the defence can write to the court informing it that the EFCC did not write to verify.

Justice Dimgba, who is the court’s current vacation judge in Abuja, adjourned further proceedings in the case to September 19, the date earlier chosen by the trial judge at the Federal High Court, Dutse, Jigawa State, where Turaki reportedly jumped bail about six years ago, following which a bench warrant was issued by the court for his arrest.

The judge also said further proceedings in the case shall resume at the court’s Dutse division.

Dressed in a white native attire (agbada and a cap), Turaki wore long face as he stepped off the dock, shortly after the judge’s pronouncement.

Some of the counts in the charge read: “That you Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, INC Natural Resources Ltd, Arkel Construction Nigeria Ltd, Wildcat Construction Ltd and Ahmed Ibrahim Mohammed (now at large) on or about May 3, 2006 at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this court did collaborate in concealing the genuine nature of the sum of N8,004,000,000, which sum was diverted from an illegal act and you thereby committed an offence punishable under section 14(1)(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2004.

“That you Ibrahim Saminu Turaki on or about 15^th July 2006 at Abuja, did conspire with INC Natural Resources Ltd, Arkel Construction Nigeria Ltd, Wildcat Construction Ltd and Ahmed Ibrahim Mohammed (now at large) to launder the sum of N5.200,000,000 and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 17(a) of the Monet laundering (Prohibition) Act 2004 and punishable under section 14(1) of the same Act.

“That you Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, INC Natural Resources Ltd, Arkel Construction Nigeria Ltd, Wildcat Construction Ltd and Ahmed Ibrahim Mohammed (now at large) on or about 3^rd May 2006, did collaborate in concealing the genuine nature of the sum of $20,000,000 which sum was derived from an illegal act and you thereby committed an offence punishable under section 14(1)(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2004.”

July 18, 2017