barely 48 hours after an online
publication exposed the sordid
details of a N1.2 billion mansion
just purchased by President
Goodluck Jonathan’s Minister of
Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,in
Maitama area of Abuja, ireports-
ng.com has uncovered four
secret bank accounts where
billions of naira, millions of US
dollars and GB pounds are
hidden by current Nigeria’s
Attorney General and Minister of
Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke.
Adoke was appointed as Justice
Minister by President Jonathan
on April 6, 2010 and has since
then been enmeshed in various
allegations of corruption and
providing cover for the corrupt
who are facing court trial by
withdrawing corruption charges
against them.
Weeks of underground
investigations by ireports-ng.com
have however revealed more
shocking details about Adoke’s
secret bank accounts in the
nation’s federal capital territory,
Abuja. One of such is an account
number 002228052782 at a
branch of First City Monument
Bank located at Plot 252 Herbert
Macaulay Way,Central Area Abuja.
In the account is a stunning sum
of $16 million US dollars.
Further investigations revealed
that Adoke is keeping yet
another $24 million US dollars in
account number 041152000428
with Diamond Bank located at
Plot 117 Adetokunbo Ademola
Street, Wuse 2 while another 5.3
million Great Britain Pounds is
also kept in the same account
with Diamond Bank.
As if that was not enough,
ireports-ng.com also revealed
that Nigeria’s Justice Minister
operates another secret account
with the Ahmadu Bello Way
branch of Zenith Bank, Abuja
where a whooping sum of N6.2
billion is being kept.
Born on September 1st,1963,
Adoke was not known for any
serious legal practice until he
was brought to the limelight in
2010 when he was appointed as
Justice Minister by Mr Jonathan.
Since then, there has been series
of allegations of under the table
deals by Mr Adoke using his
official position. He has in the last
48 hours issued two statements
to threaten protesting Nigerian
workers to sack them and
charge civil society activists
involved in the protests with
treason.
Last year, an online publication
accused Adoke of taking bribes
from an arranged sale of
moribund NITEL property in Area
11, Abuja and buy back of same
from Adoke’s kinsman popularly
called Alhaji AA Oil. Adoke’s share
of the deal was said to have been
diverted to build a massive
mansion for him on Gana street,
Abuja. Though he denied
ownership of the property
saying it belongs to AA Oil,
finishing works have since
stopped on the sprawling
property which was being
worked on day and night before
the scandal broke out.
Also last year, a civil society
group called Coalition Against
Corrupt Leaders,CACOL petitioned
Nigeria’s anti-graft police, EFCC to
probe allegations that Mr Adoke
collected bribes running into
over $23 million US dollars from a
plea bargain deal he arranged
between government and some
multinational firms including
Siemens, Halliburton and Julius
Berger.Ironically, Adoke
supervises the EFCC that is
supposed to investigate the
various corruption allegations
against him. It is yet to be seen
whether the present head of the
agency, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde will
have the courage to probe graft
allegations against Adoke which
his predecessor failed to touch.

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