EFCC Dropped all Charges against Diezani and other's

The funds were allegedly hidden by Diezani, and others are alleged to be a group of oil companies and allegedly to fund the presidential campaign of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Goodluck Jonathan.

Diezani

If the daily report is something to go by, the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has born all 14 charges count against the previous Minister of crude oil Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

EFCC also said to have dropped the charges against ben Otti, Nnamdi Okonkwo, Stanley Lawson, Lanre Adesanya, and Dauda Lawal, everything is former commercial bank officials and the Nigerian National crude oil Corporation (NNPC).

Since 2015, Diezani has been bulldog by a series of corruption charges, as well as the alleged diversion and distribution of N23 billion.

The former minister has also been hiding in the UK, where he faces a separate looked for alleged felony, corruption, and hiding.

At the resumed hearing of the matter before the Muslim Justice Hassan from Lagos Federal high court on 5 Nov 2019 anti-corruption agency through his professional, Rotimi Oyedepo dropping corruption charges against most of the defendants, as well as Diezani, through the amended charges four counts.

Bordering amended charges of money laundering, now just trying to prosecute the former administrator of initial Bank Plc, along Diezani and ben, who served as an administrator in NNPC’s financial group.

Madueke and ben Otti have each reported having been big in the first case was first filed in the Court on 28 Nov 2018.

Similarly, Nnamdi, Stanley, and Lanre, all did not create a look in court and has not been charged.

In what seems like a twist on the back heard of the matter, sources close to Dauda,   who noted that the former executive director of First Bank did not fail to appear in court all the material in the postponed date surprised that everyone other accused person had been discharged.

The matter before the court

EFCC contains a 14 count charge the suspect bank, executives and NNPC officials conspiring to cover $ 153 million in bank Fidelity, they have to know the stand is the result of corruption punishable under the money laundering Act.

In 2015, the EFCC discovered that $ 153 million was deposited, for allegedly funding the presidential campaign second term of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

It was investigated by the EFCC and bankers are imagined to have conspired with Diezani and NNPC officials to cover and distribute apart of the funds.

Lawal who is the administrator of the First Bank is accused of helping Diezani to shop for property, Meridien hotel Ogeyi Palace in Port Harcourt, once he received $ 25 million from Fidelity Bank and deposited the same amount with Sterling Bank, allegedly on the instructions of Stanley.

Sources familiar with the deal said it was sad that Dauda,   who failed to have contact with Diezani and only working on the instructions of the customer can be charged for conspiracy, while they were allegedly directly associated with the funds are discharged.

Although, once contacted for comment, an interpreter for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren said he was not aware of this downside