Source: Eagleee http://eagleee.com/detail?newsId=527740

Former minister of petroleum resources Diezani Alison-Madueke has been linked to a fresh corruption scandal as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) discovered an unauthorised withdrawal of $1.3 billion from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) account.

The money was withdrawn from the NNPC account without the approval of the National Assembly of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), under the guise of using it to fight kidnapping and other security threats in Nigeria, The Nation reports.

The former coordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was also said to be unaware of the withdrawal of the money from the NNPC account.

During an interrogation by the EFCC, a former group executive director, Finance and Accounts of NNPC, Bernard Otti, made available some documents, including approvals to withdraw the $1.3 billion by Alison-Madueke.

Rather than taking proper steps before withdrawing such huge amount, Alison-Madueke only relied on a memo from ex-president Goodluck Jonathan without recourse to the board of the NNPC.

In two other instances, Jonathan wrote on two other requests mandating the former minister to take part of the cash from either NNPC Security Vote Account or from the “Gas Fund”.

Source: Eagleee http://eagleee.com/detail?newsId=527740

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