Eniola Akinkuotu and Leke Baiyewu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has submitted a report to President Muhammadu Buhari linking Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and some of his aides to the diversion of about N19bn from the N522bn Paris Club refund.

The report also fingered Mr. Robert Mbonu of Melrose General Services Limited.

Mbonu is a former Managing Director of Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria, the commercial bank owned by the Saraki family which was later liquidated.

The Federal Government had, in December 2016, approved the sum of N522.74bn to be paid to the 36 states of the federation as part of the reimbursement of the over-deduction on the Paris Club loan from 1995 to 2002.

The EFCC had sometimes in January discovered that the loan refunds were illegally routed through the account of the Nigeria Governors Forum by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Upon receiving the funds, the NGF, in an alleged connivance with Saraki, began remitting huge sums to private consultants who then laundered about N19bn.

According to the report, apart from the NGF, others under investigation include the Relationship Manager to the Senate President in Access Bank, Kathleen Erhimu.

Some others under probe and identified as Saraki’s aides include Obiora Amobi, Gbenga Makanjuola, Kolawole Shittu and Oladapo Idowu.

The report alleges that sometimes in December, Saraki introduced the ex-bank MD, Mbonu, to Erhimu.

Others at the meeting were Saraki’s aforementioned aides.

It added that sequel to the meeting, the sum of N3.5bn was lodged into Melrose General Services Company account number 0005892453, domiciled in Access Bank from the Nigeria Governors Forum on December 14.

The report stated that two of Saraki’s aides, Obiora Amobi and Gbenga Makanjuola, were introduced to Access Bank as representatives of Melrose General Services Limited by Mbonu to enable them to make cash withdrawals from the account.

It added that Amobi and Makanjuola made cash withdrawals in various tranches of N5m and N10m.

The report reads in part, “Based on the foregoing findings, it is clear that Robert Mbonu, the Managing Director of Melrose General Services Company and his company were used to help divert proceeds of unlawful activities under the guise of payment for contractual obligations with the Nigeria Governors Forum.

“Suffice to apprise that all payments received by Melrose General Services Company from the NGF have hitherto been diverted directly via cash withdrawals and indirectly through transfers by Gbenga Peter Makanjuola, Kolawole Shittu and Oladapo Joseph Idowu, who are principal aides to the Senate President.

“Furthermore, other payments from Melrose General Services Company have also been linked to companies that Dr. Bukola Saraki has interest in and carries out transactions with.

“This includes the sum of $183,000, which was transferred to Bhaska Devji Jewellers, Dubai, a company Dr. Bukola Saraki had repeatedly made payments to.

“Also, the sum of N200m was transferred to Wasp Networks Limited that subsequently transferred the sum of N170m to Xtract Energy Services Limited, a company that routinely made deposits into Dr. Saraki’s Access Bank US Dollar Domiciliary account.”

The report concludes that a prima facie case of conspiracy to retain the proceeds of unlawful activities and money laundering, contrary to sections 15(3) and 18(9) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2004, could be established against the aforementioned suspects.

“Additionally, investigation into their personal accounts is ongoing,” it adds.

When contacted, the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, who spoke on behalf of Saraki, said he would not react except he sighted the report.

“Send the report to me and I will be able to read it and contact the necessary people. If I don’t see the report, I cannot react to it in abstract. Send me the report if you want our reaction,” he said.

The spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that investigations were ongoing into the Paris Club scam.

He, however, said he did not know the specifics of the investigations.

“I can only confirm that there are investigations but I don’t have details,” Uwujaren said.

http://punchng.com/n19bn-paris-club-scam-efcc-report-indicts-saraki-aides-ex-bank-md/

FCT on a Monday morning..

I dedicate it to..


sarraki the saintly criminal



the poster below knows him better..

listen to what he has to say!

Our senate president just keeps on spilling soup on his babanriga. HAAA!

tydi:
FCT on a Monday morning..

I dedicate it to..


sarraki the saintly criminal

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Saraki again?

toyibhabib:
Saraki again?

Unrepentant kleptomaniac

Bukola Saraki, the highest career looter in the administration of Muhomodu Buhary.

If Buhary cannot make this looters to face firing squad, then the battle against corruption is lost.

Now u understand why de were quick to reject magu

blackpanda:
Now u understand why de were quick to reject magu

Magu is not clean didn't you read the DSS allegations.

until no death penalty 4 polithiefians indicted and convicted of corruption....d war against corruption is dead on arrival

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Saraki na criminal no doubt, he knows they can't touch him. CCB sef no see anything to do am since all these months. EFFC can only finger instead make dem arrest and jail these crooks

Dont blame Saraki.
My annoyance is not even with Saraki,but with d cattle rearer i voted for.When Buhari made that nonsencical statement that he doesn't mind who emerges as senate president or speaker,sane supporters of his and even neutrals cried out how wrong that was.Saraki eventually played him like a brainless toy to emerge SP!
When people that thought they were trying to redeem that battered image of Buhari,thereafter found ample evidence at d CCB to nail Saraki at d CCT,to their rude awakening Buhari is now best of friends with Saraki,Dogara and all d fraud and corruption they stand for.
My only feeling now for d cattle rearer is one of disdain.I even sometimes feel like throwing up anytime I av d misfortune of accidentally watching him.A man that is deceptive,divisive and selective in his actions.
So blame not Saraki or Dogara.Saraki's massive corruption is well known to many and d evidence has been in d public space for long.
D only redeeming legacy for Buhari will be to handover d presidency to Osinbajo.

Saraki kwa?

Where ever the village head sell marijuana ,the wife use to sells alcohol and children are collecting undue illegal taxes from the populate. Peace would surely eluded the village. You can not have cat as Chief security to a basket of smoke fishes .... what do you expect?

Buhari see what you cause! What a disgrace this President is! See what your betrayal of Tinubu is doing to your administration.

vandutchjoungen:

Magu is not clean didn't you read the DSS allegations.

Which mumu allegations. Pls stop believing cooked up baseless stories. All the issues they raised were responded to by magu, who was then cleared by both the Agf and presidency.

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OAUTemitayo:
Buhari see what you cause!
What a disgrace this Prdent is!
See what your betrayal of Tinubu is doing to your administration.

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What is dis one saying

blackpanda:


Which mumu allegations. Pls stop believing cooked up baseless stories. All the issues they raised were responded to by magu, who was then cleared by both the Agf and presidency.

Magu hitched a ride in the private jet of retired Air Commodore Mohammed. Air Commodore Mohammed is currently under arrest over the arms scandal.Where did the nation number one anti-corruption fighter expect a former military officer to get money to buy a private jet?Magu is not indispendable,there are many Nigerians out there who can head EFCC.We are after all a nation with a population of 170 million people.

blackpanda:
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What is dis one saying

Look at you. Do you think you support Buhari more that I do? Buhari is the architect of all this nonsense. His systematic support of Sarakis President is now bouncing back on him.

OAUTemitayo:

Look at you.
Do you think you support Buhari more that I do?
Buhari is the architect of all this nonsense.
His systematic support of Sarakis President is now bouncing back on him.

Kiddo you no nothing about politics. There is nothing Buhari could have done. National assembly is independent of the presidency

OAUTemitayo:
Buhari see what you cause!
What a disgrace this President is!
See what your betrayal of Tinubu is doing to your administration.

Tinubu is a bigger thief than Saraki that is why he is known as tifnubu.

blackpanda:



Kiddo you no nothing about politics. There is nothing Buhari could have done. National assembly is independent of the presidency

Keep on deceiving yourself.
Buhari tactically ensure Saraki emerged so as to put Tinubu in check.
Do you know the shame and problems Saraki has caused this APC led administration?

vandutchjoungen:

Magu hitched a ride in the private jet of retired Air Commodore Mohammed. Air Commodore Mohammed is currently under arrest over the arms scandal.Where did the nation number one anti-corruption fighter expect a former military officer to get money to buy a private jet?Magu is not indispendable,there are many Nigerians out there who can head EFCC.We are after all a nation with a population of 170 million people.

Did you also read that Magu was not the only person on that flight? The offer was made to all members of the team. So nothing special about that. And more so he said he was not aware of any pending case against him. Don't twist facts to suit the corrupt legislators. If you succeed in removing Magu, you will set the fight against corruption backwards because any subsequent head of efcc will feel he has to compromise with the Senate in order to secure the job. So no, Magu must never be removed. The senators are thieves

Patiently waiting for the Witch hunting crew to arrive and come demonstrate how hopelessly enamored with corruption they are.

the CBN governor also has to be questioned.

the governors involved should have their personal accounts frozen immediately.

the EFCC should also try to keep details out of the media till it presents it case in court.

OAUTemitayo:
Keep on deceiving yourself.
Buhari tactically ensure Saraki emerged so as to put Tinubu in check.
Do you know the shame and problems Saraki has caused this APC led administration?

The same Buhari that was heading to ICC while saraki was being sworn in If this is true then why is Saraki still facing corruption charges What is Buhari gaining by Saraki Senate presidency, when all Buhari appointments keep getting rejected Pls use brain and think and stop believing beer parlour gossip.

blackpanda:


Did you also read that Magu was not the only person on that flight? The offer was made to all members of the team. So nothing special about that. And more so he said he was not aware of any pending case against him. Don't twist facts to suit the corrupt legislators. If you succeed in removing Magu, you will set the fight against corruption backwards because any subsequent head of efcc will feel he has to compromise with the Senate in order to secure the job. So no, Magu must never be removed. The senators are thieves

Magu is a mugu!Are private jet so cheap that an Air Commodore will be able to afford one. Even Obama,Angela Merkel and Theresa May don't have one and they are leaders of the most advanced nations in the world. We can't have an anti-corruption that hobnobs with people that live above their means and does'nt question them.

vandutchjoungen:

Magu is a mugu!Are private jet so cheap that an Air Commodore will be able to afford one. Even Obama,Angela Merkel and Theresa May don't have one and they are leaders of the most advanced nations in the world. We can't have an anti-corruption that hobnobs with people that live above their means and does'nt question them.

Because he is air commodore and owns a plane doesn't automatically make him a thief. It can be a gift (like pastor oritsejafor). And Pls don't call other world leaders bcoz there are also others that have several planes. Putin has more that 4, with about 20 palaces. Yet nobody has instituted any case against him. John Travolta has more than 7, Bishop oyedepo has 4 private jets. Point is, u can't just tag someone a thief bcoz they have private jet.

blackpanda:


Which mumu allegations. Pls stop believing cooked up baseless stories. All the issues they raised were responded to by magu, who was then cleared by both the Agf and presidency.

The no1 intelligence agency in the country gives a report, reaffirms the report and goes further to recommend u should not confirm the individual and u call it baseless? Y did magu not go with hard copy evidence as proof of innocence to the screening? Y do we have to rely on internal/behind the scene clearance? The officer was detained by DSS, so all he did was give dem incriminating info on Magu!

blackpanda:


Because he is air commodore and owns a plane doesn't automatically make him a thief. It can be a gift (like pastor oritsejafor). And Pls don't call other world leaders bcoz there are also others that have several planes. Putin has more that 4, with about 20 palaces. Yet nobody has instituted any case against him. John Travolta has more than 7, Bishop oyedepo has 4 private jets. Point is, u can't just tag someone a thief bcoz they have private jet.

You lack critical thinking so I can't waste my time arguing with you. We are not on the same intelectual level. Magu is not wise for hobnobing with a corrupt former military officer. He knows he lives in the most corrupt nation in the world and yet hitches a free ride in a private jet owned by a former military officer. He is the definition of a mugu.