‘How bank chief laundered N9b for ex-petroleum minister Allison-Madueke’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, educated a Federal High Court Lagos that an Executive Director of First Bank Plc, Dauda Lawal, washed supports for previous Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke.
Insight to the counter unite office, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, made the disclosure while reacting to a counter-oath documented by Lawal trying to release a between time relinquishment request of the whole of N9.08 billion.
Equity Muslim Hassan had on January 6 this year issued a break request of relinquishment of the entirety to the Federal Government, taking after an exparte application documented by EFCC appealing to God for the help.
The commission had made the application on the ground that the store was connected to the accused.The court had additionally issued 14 days to any invested individual to show up and demonstrate the authenticity of the cash, falling flat which the assets would be for all time relinquished to the focal government.
At the continued hearing, Mr. Charles Adeogun reported appearance for Lawal, who is joined as a respondent in the suit, while Oyedepo showed up for the counter unite equip.
He educated the court that in accordance with its break requests of January 6, the EFCC had served same on Lawal.He likewise told the court that the request was additionally distributed in the Independent daily paper of January 12 in consistence with the requests of the court.
Reacting, Adeogun affirmed the position and included that he had documented a counter-sworn statement ousted to by Lawal, testing the said relinquishment orders.
Contending his application, he encouraged the court to issue a request, coordinating a discount of the aggregate total on the ground that same was gotten by intimidation.
He fought that before such relinquishment requests could be made, two basic components must be fulfilled in particular: "that the property being referred to is unclaimed and that such property or reserve frames continues of an unlawful demonstration."
Be that as it may, Oyedepo countered, saying Section 17 of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other related Offenses Act makes a property, sensibly associated to be continues with wrongdoing, forfeitable to the Federal Government.After listening to their entries, Justice Hassan in this way settled the sixteenth of one month from now for judgment.
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