EFCC Freezes Bank Accounts Of Obanikoro's Daughter For N1.2bn In Illegal Transfers

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EFCC Freezes Bank Accounts Of Obanikoro's Daughter For N1.2bn In Illegal Transfers

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has solidified a record connected to Shalewa Obanikoro, the little girl of a previous Minister of State for Defense, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro. As indicated by EFCC agents, about N1.2bn went through the record which has a place with an oil firm. Shalewa, who is a signatory to the record, was said to have by and by commanded Fidelity Bank to exchange N800m from the record to another record inside the bank.


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has solidified a record connected to Shalewa Obanikoro, the girl of a previous Minister of State for Defense, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro.

As indicated by EFCC examiners, about N1.2bn went through the record which has a place with an oil firm.

Shalewa, who is a signatory to the record, was said to have by and by commanded Fidelity Bank to exchange N800m from the record to another record inside the bank.

A source in the counter join office on Tuesday said, "We have solidified a record in which Obanikoro's girl is a signatory. She particularly commended the bank to exchange N800m from the record to another record.

"We found that cash was paid into the record at different times. The cash came in N50m, N20m, N30m and different entireties.

"She said the cash was for oil and gas exchanges. In this way, we have solidified the record as examinations proceed. We need to know where the assets originated from. In any event, N1.2bn has gone on the record."

The EFCC was said to have made the revelation of Shalewa's exchanges when it was researching the N4.7bn purportedly paid into the record of Obanikoro's two children – Babajide and Gbolahan.

The cash, which was paid into the Diamond Bank of Sylvan McNamara, was professedly shared among Obanikoro, the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose; and the then governorship hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore.

While Omisore is in confinement for professedly getting N1.3bn, five properties, supposedly having a place with Fayose, have been seized while his three Zenith Bank accounts have been solidified.

A house having a place with Obanikoro's two children in Ikoyi, Lagos, has additionally been seized. Obanikoro and his children have, be that as it may, stayed in the United States throughout the previous 14 months.

The counter unit office had, a week ago, tested Shalewa and grabbed her international ID to keep her from setting out to the US.

"We grabbed her international ID since we were informed that she was anticipating voyaging soon. We needed to keep her from going since she is a piece of the examination," an analyst said.

Aside from the N4.7bn arms trick shaking the Obanikoro family, MOB Integrated Services Ltd, an organization headed by Obanikoro's second child, Gbolahan, was involved by the Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede-drove Presidential Committee on Verification and Reconciliation in 2012 over an affirmed petroleum appropriation misrepresentation.

The organization was said to have made three exchanges esteemed at N5,393,592,906.62. In any case, examinations uncovered that the organization just made one exchange esteemed at N3,261,263,992.52 confirmed as honest to goodness.

The distinction of over N2bn was supposedly stolen as MOB did not make the required oil supply.

Notwithstanding, sources at the commission told our journalist that after Obanikoro was designated the Minister of State for Defense, the case was strangely suspended uncertainty.

The oil business connected to Obanikoro's girl has accordingly opened another measurement to the sponsorship misrepresentation case.

A source at the EFCC said, "Obanikoro's case is anything but difficult to research in light of the fact that not at all like different government officials, he utilized his kids to complete the vast majority of his affirmed violations. Out of his four youngsters, we have seen suspicious exchanges in the records of three of them. It is highly unlikely these youthful folks will have billions of their records on the off chance that they were not fronting for their dad."

In the interim, the EFCC on Tuesday flame broiled a previous Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, for getting N100m from the beset previous National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).

The EFCC, in any case, found that N15m was likewise exchanged to Okupe from the record of Destra Investment Limited, an organization claimed by the prompt past National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, who is on trial for supposedly getting N400m from Dasuki.

Unexpectedly, Okupe is one of the safeguard witnesses for the situation against Metuh.

A source at the EFCC said, "Okupe returned again as regular and we barbecued him over the assets he has transparently admitted to accepting from Dasuki. He claims to have spent all the cash however we continue making crisp disclosures.

"He got about N15m from Destra Investment Limited, claimed by Metuh. Okupe is additionally one of Metuh's resistance witnesses. Okupe had shown up under the watchful eye of the Federal High Court to shield Metuh but then he (Okupe) has admitted to accepting cash from Dasuki and he likewise gathered N15m from Metuh.

"When we went up against him with confirmation, he was stunned and couldn't react."

Okupe had, on May 19, 2016, told Justice Okon Abang that Metuh got N400m from Jonathan yet contended that the asset couldn't have exuded from the ONSA.

While protecting Metuh, Okupe had said, "I am shocked to hear that the Office of the National Security Adviser was utilized to disseminate cash for Jonathan's presidential crusade. Nonetheless, the President could likewise utilize his colossal goodwill to source assets to help his gathering or execute unique projects.

"Also, as the contender for the race, the President has gigantic ability to raise reserves as a competitor. He didn't utilize any administration foundation as his pseudo-support."

It was learned that Okupe gambled being accused of connivance nearby Metuh relying upon the result of examinations.

An EFCC agent included, "With this new disclosure, it is conceivable that Okupe realized that Metuh's N400m radiated from the ONSA yet went to court to protect Metuh keeping in mind the end goal to cover his tracks, having gotten N15m. We are as yet examining the matter."

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