Lagos — The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has faulted claims of the
detained cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Azibaola
Robert that he was being pressurised by the agency to implicate the
former president in the alleged diversion of $40 million.
EFCC, in a counter affidavit opposed to the suit by Robert before the
Federal High Court, Lagos, seeking for an order to release him from the
custody of the commission, denied any plot to implicate Jonathan in the
fraud his cousin was being investigate for.
Robert is being investigated over an alleged diversion of $40 million
through One-Plus Holdings and Kakatar Construction Limited.
Robert, who was arrested on March 23, 2016, but granted bail on April 7,
2016 by a Federal High Court, Abuja is being held by the commission,
which had refused to charge him to court or release him as directed by
the court.
Following the bail granted him by the high court, EFCC came to Lagos,
where it obtained a magistrate court order to still detain him.
Meanwhile, in the 37-paragraph counter-affidavit, the agency averred
that the ex-president’s cousin was not only being investigate over
alleged diversion of $40m but also on the theft of N2.5 billion from the
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA.
It further averred that zonal offices of the agency were saddled with
the responsibility of investigating any case or cases reported to them
and that Robert was alleged to have received the sum of $40m from former
National Security Adviser to the president, Col. Sambo Dansuki (retd)
and diverted same to his personal use and to the use of others.
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