– The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed how former chief of air staff Adesola Amosu allegedly laundered N21billion
– The case was brought up at the Federal High Court in Lagos where Tosin Owobo, an EFCC investigator, made the revelation
– The EFCC official told the court that the money was meant for maritime security, according to proposal presented by Amosu
Revelations have emerged on how former Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Adesola Amosu allegedly diverted the N21billion he stole from the Nigeria Air Force.
At a resumed sitting in Lagos, officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) told the Federal High Court how Amosu laundered the money through different oil and gas firms.
According to The Nation, the EFCC official, Tosin Owobo who was the commission’s investigator, informed the court that in 2014, Amosu wrote to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) requesting for funds to provide maritime security.
According to him, Amosu sent a proposal explaining all that he needed to former NIMASA Director General Patrick Akpobolokemi.
Adesola Amosu, former chief of Air staff
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Owobo, who was testifying for the prosecution, said Amosu demanded for N4billion but Akpobolokemi approved N3billion which was paid into NAF Special Emergency Operation account in 2014.
Owobo further said: “We discovered that between August and September 2014, the money
But rather than keeping the money in the NAF account and applied to the security structure, it was originally meant for, Owobo told the court that the money was transferred to several oil and gas firms, some of which he named to include Right Option Oil and Gas, Delfina Oil and Gas and McAllan Oil and Gas.
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He added: “As the monies came in, they were being transferred to various oil and gas companies. We carried out further analysis to know the accounts. We wrote the bank, requesting the statement of account of these oil companies.”
Prosecutor to EFCC Rotimi Oyedepo presented the account opening documents of the oil and gas firms as well as details of the NAF Special Emergency Operation account.
The defendants were charged along with Delfina Oil and Gas Ltd, McAllan Oil And Gas Ltd, Hebron Housing and Properties Company Ltd, Trapezites BDC, Fonds and Pricey Ltd, Deegee Oil and Gas Ltd, Timsegg Investment Ltd and Solomon Health Care Ltd.
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