Standup9ja - Malabu oil: FG files fresh charges against Adoke, IOCs
The Federal Government has filed two separate charges
against former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke, former
Petroleum Minister, Dan Etete and three oil companies over alleged $801 million
bribe.
Three oil companies: Shell
Nigeria Exploration Production Company (SNEPCO) Ltd, AGIP Exploration Ltd and
ENI SPA and their directors were also charged separately over the grant of Oil
Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245.
The charges were filed yesterday before the FCT High Court
and Federal High Court in Abuja respectively by counsels to the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) led by Barrister Johnson Ojogbane.
In the first charge, the EFCC accused Adoke and 11 others in
three counts of conspiracy and engaging in fraud involving $2, 267,400 in
September 2013.
In the second case at an Abuja Federal High Court, Adoke and
Abubakar were alleged to have on September 16, 2013 conspired to commit money
laundering when they directly took possession of the sum of $2, 267, 400 and
converted it to the Naira equivalent being the sum of N345.2 million using one
Usman Bello, a bureau de change (BDC) operator.
The offences are contrary to Section 18, 16 (2) 16(1) of the
Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under
Section 15(3) of the same Act. The case
has been assigned to Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The Federal Government has filed two separate charges
against former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke, former
Petroleum Minister, Dan Etete and three oil companies over alleged $801 million
bribe. Three oil companies: Shell
Nigeria Exploration Production Company (SNEPCO) Ltd, AGIP Exploration Ltd and
ENI SPA and their directors were also charged separately over the grant of Oil
Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245.
The charges were filed yesterday before the FCT High Court and
Federal High Court in Abuja respectively by counsels to the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) led by Barrister Johnson Ojogbane.
In the first charge, the EFCC accused Adoke and 11 others in
three counts of conspiracy and engaging in fraud involving $2, 267,400 in
September 2013.
In the second case at an Abuja Federal High Court, Adoke and
Abubakar were alleged to have on September 16, 2013 conspired to commit money
laundering when they directly took possession of the sum of $2, 267, 400 and
converted it to the Naira equivalent being the sum of N345.2 million using one
Usman Bello, a bureau de change (BDC) operator.
The offences are contrary to Section 18, 16 (2) 16(1) of the
Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under
Section 15(3) of the same Act. The case
has been assigned to Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
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