The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission-EFCC said it seized wristwatches valued at £600, 000 (N185m) and jewellery valued at £1.4m (N407m) from the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani and the wife of the Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, Mr. Jide Omokore.
The source said the agency seized expensive jewellery and the wristwatches during various raids on houses of some suspects on Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, and other places.
Omokore is the chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nig. Ltd, who was recently questioned by the EFCC in connection with a multi-billion dollar petrol import and crude export deals. His company was awarded controlling stakes in two oil blocks for just over $50m each, without due process.
The deal, which was signed by Jonathan’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, gave Atlantic Energy Limited a controlling 55 per cent stake.
The EFCC source said the commission had started analysing information on Nigerians, including the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and others mentioned in the Panama Paper leaks.
It was gathered that the commission had seized one hospital equipment known as MRI, Medical Resonance Image, from a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd). The equipment is worth N2.6bn.
The EFCC had previously recovered over N2.3bn cash from Amosu, while properties worth over N1bn had been seized from him.
(Source: BREAKING TIMES)
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