During a recent interrogation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Head of Treasury Operations at Diamond Bank, Mr. Olaitan Fajuyitan, told officials that he transferred N1.2bn from the bank account of a company belonging to the son of former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro. Obanikoro.
The EFCC had invited the banker as part of investigations into the N4.7bn that was allegedly paid into Obanikoro’s son’s account by the Office of the National Security Adviser in June 2014.
The account named, Sylvan McNamara, with number 0026223714, has since been frozen by the anti-graft agency following pending investigations.
Fajuyitan told detectives that on June 16, 2014, he was given an instruction by the bank’s Head of Operations, Mr. Premier Oiwoh, to transfer N1.2bn to some accounts with the breakdown as follows;Saturaki Bello, N200m; Yusuf Bulama, N120m; Chimenum Njoku, N250m; Franklin Tolani, N150m; Josiah Moses, N280; and Abubakar Sadiq Zanna, N200m.
He’s currently still under investigation.
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