Diezani's Money Laundering

THOSE QUIZZED SO FAR: MD of Fidelity Bank, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, Head of Operations, Martin Izuogbe, Cross River PDP chairman, Ntufam John Okon— N500m, REC Gesil Khan — N185, 842, Fidelia Omoile (Electoral Officer in Isoko-South Local Government Area of Delta State)— N112,480,000, Uluochi Obi Brown (INEC’s Administrative Secretary in Delta State)—N111,500,000, Former Deputy Director of INEC in Cross River state, Edem Okon Effanga—N241,127,000, Head of Voter Education in INEC in Akwa Ibom, Immaculata Asuquo—N214,127,000, Former Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Dr Nurudeen Muhammad N 500,000,000, Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs in the last dispensation, Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali—N950,000,000, Retired INEC staff, Sani Isa — N 406,206,000, INEC Staff in Kano and Jigawa— N 250,000,000, Oil chief—Leno Adesanya ($1.85m). AMOUNTS TRACED: N 5,097,064,000—Seven North-West states, N681m to REC and five others, N500m to Cross, River PDP chairman, N359m to INEC officials in Oyo and Ogun, N49.7m profit from Fidelity Bank, N700m to two politicians in South-East.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has located the whereabouts of N15billion of the N23.29billion ($115m) allegedly offered as a bribe by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in connection with the 2015 elections.

The bribe was for the purpose of compromising the result of the elections which the party’s presidential candidate Dr. Goodluck Jonathan lost to Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Fourteen directors of four oil firms suspected of substantially bankrolling the N23.29b poll bribery scandal have also been identified by the anti-graft agency while some former Ministers arrested in connection with the scandal were battling for bail last night.
They are: former Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Muhammad (N 500,000,000) and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs in the last dispensation, Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali (N 950,000,000).
Some of their former colleagues are shocked by the alleged involvement of the ex-ministers in the disbursement of the slush funds.
Well-placed sources said last night that the EFCC had traced over N15billion of the bribe cash as follows: the Seven North-West states- N5,097,064,000; REC and five others- N681m to; Cross River PDP chairman- N500m; INEC officials in Oyo and Ogun- N359m; Fidelity Bank- profit of N49.7m from the deal; two politicians from South-East- N700m.
The source said: “EFCC chairman Ibrahim Magu and his crack team have gone far in tracing more than N15billion of the N23.29billion, which was shared by party leaders and INEC officials in the six geopolitical zones to influence election results and to stop APC from being declared as the winner of the 2015 presidential election.