Sacked NNPC Topshot, Esther Nnamdi Ogbue Tagged As Owner Of $50m Discovered By EFCC In Lagos Apartment
Sources on Wednesday told
SaharaReporters that the $50 million uncovered in a residential building
located at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, by the Economic and Financial Crime
Commission (EFCC) belongs to the sacked Managing Director, Operations at the
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue.
Nnamdi-Ogbue, was
sacked alongside other three top Managing Directors at the NNPC over the
‘missing’ petrol scandal involving Capital Oil & Gas Nigeria Limited owned
by businessman, Ifeanyi Ubah.
SaharaReporters reports
that the cook who served Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, absconded with cash and pieces of
jewelry worth $6million in 2016.
The cook, Mr. Gabel
Segbedji, a national of Benin Republic, took off with the loot in a Toyota
Camry car, which also belonged to her boss.
The operation leading to
the discovery was followed by a whistle blower's confidential alert received by
the anti-graft agency in the early hours of Wednesday.
The breakdown of the money
found in the house is $43.4million, £27,800 and N23.2million.
According to the source,
the movers of the bags made believe that they were bringing in bags of clothes.
Another source who is conversant with the apartment of interest indicated that
a woman usually appears on a different occasion with Ghana-Must-Go bags.
"She comes looking
haggard, with dirty clothes but her skin didn't quite match her outward
appearance, perhaps a disguise," the source said.
On getting to the building,
operatives met the entrance door locked. Guards at the gate explained that
nobody resides in the apartment, but some persons come in and out once in a
while.
In compliance with the
magisterial order contained in the warrant, the EFCC used minimum force to gain
entrance into the apartment, the agency said.
Monies were found in two of
the four-bedroom apartment. A further search of the wardrobe by operatives in
one of the rooms was found to be warehousing three fireproof cabinets
disguisedly hidden behind wooden panels of the wardrobe. Upon assessing the
content of the cabinets, neatly arranged were US dollars, British pound
sterling, and some naira notes in sealed wrappers.
Preliminary findings
indicate that the funds are suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activity.
Investigations are ongoing.
The facility is said to be
owned by a former PDP Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu.
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