The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen N6,
811, 846,443.05 found in the accounts of some companies belonging to
Roberts Azibaola, a cousin to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, and
Bestworth Insurance Brokers Ltd.
The frozen cash was part of the
N27, 188,232,208.20 benefits of the deceased staff of the defunct Power
Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), which were diverted.
This is
coming a week after soldiers sealed off the construction site of
Kakarta Civil Engineering Limited owned by him for alleged security
threat.
The army authorities said the site shares boundary with the Lungui Barracks of the army on the Kubwa/Asokoro Expressway, Abuja.
Of
the N27, 188,232,208.20, the sum of N951,637,223 was deducted as Value
Added Tax (VAT) and Wihtholding Tax and paid through Diamond Bank and
UBA Plc for direct credit to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
About
N26, 236,594,986 was allegedly looted by some top officials of the
Jonathan administration, while N1.8billion was spent on the purchase of
vehicles for the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation.
The
commission also confirmed yesterday the seizure of a N585 million
property which the Chief of Staff to the ex-President, Brig. Gen. Jones
Oladehinde Arogbofa (rtd), allegedly bought with his share of the
diverted cash.
Another N1billion from the N26.236b cash was
allegedly paid to Kebna Studios and Communication Nigeria Ltd
controlled by a former Director-General of the Bureau of Public
Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki.
These highlights were
contained in the findings of the EFCC in its ongoing probe of the
alleged looting of the terminal benefits of the defunct PHCN.
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