Shocking details emerged,
yesterday, of how four smart
Nigerian oil dealers
conspired and fleeced the
nation of N1.5 billion in the
name of supplying premium
motor spirit (petrol) to the
country.
The four suspects, Alhaji
Saminu Rabiu, Jubril Rowaye,
Alminur Resources Limited
and Brila Energy, reportedly
claimed to have used a vessel
that had long been put out
of circulation to ‘supply’
petrol to Nigeria under the
scandalous fuel subsidy
administration that made the
nation to lose close to
N2.3trillion in revenue in
2011.
But when the case against
the four suspects opened,
yesterday, at the Abuja High
Court, an Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission
operative, confronted them
with evidence that the so
called ‘vessel’, which they
claimed to have used in
‘supplying’ the fuel to
Nigeria, was not in existence
at the time they claimed it
was used for transporting
fuel to Nigeria.
Tolu Olanubi told the court
that the vessel, MT KRITI, had
ceased to exist since 2010.
A prosecution witness in the
ongoing trial of Alhaji
Saminu Rabiu, Jubril Rowaye,
Alminnur Resources Limited
and Brila Energy Limited who
were alleged to be involved
in a N1.5billion subsidy scam,
Tolu Olanubi on Monday April
15, 2013 told the court that
MT KRITI, the vessel allegedly
used by the accused persons
in shipping Premium Motor
Spirit to Nigeria in June 2011
had ceased to exist since
April 2010.
Olanubi, who was led in
evidence by EFCC counsel,
Sylvanus Tahir, told the court
that, in the course of the
investigation, a relationship
was established between the
EFCC and Lloyd’s List
Intelligence, an organisation
that provides information on
vessels, ownership of vessels,
movement and location of
vessels, to establish that
there was no such vessel in
the world at the time of the
said supply.
She said the EFCC subscribed
to the website of Lloyd’s List
Intelligence where it was
discovered that MT KRITI,
which was purportedly used
to ship Premium Motor Spirit
on June 14, 2011 had ceased
to exist and declared “Status:
Dead.”
She also told the court that
the last place of location of
the vessel was Gadani Beach
in Pakistan. “It is not possible
for the vessel to have sailed
into Nigeria on June 14,
2011 since it was reported
dead on April 17, 2010”,
Olanubi told the court.
She also told the court that
the vessel had changed its
name from KRITI to AKIT
before it ceased to exist and
demonstrated to the court
with the aid of a projector
attached to the Internet how
she arrived at the facts.
However, Ajibola Oloyede,
counsel to the 2nd and 4th
defendants, challenged the
admissibility of the
document, saying it was
generated through a
computer.
He alleged that the
documents did not meet the
procedure of tendering such
documents as stated in the
Evidence Act. “It is not for the
witness to say it was printed
from the computer, the
document printed should
have all the information of
how it was produced,” the
defence argued.
However, counsel to EFCC
objected, saying the
documents were relevant
and that enough foundation
was laid in compliance with
the Evidence Act. “The
document speaks for itself.
“The date and time the
document was printed is on
the face of the documents.
As to the issue of
certification, the Evidence Act
did not prescribe the form or
mode of certification. So the
way it is certified should
suffice,” he declared. Justice
Adebukola Banjoko upheld
the documents.
Banjoko had earlier
dismissed an application by
the 2nd accused person in
which he sought to have his
travelling document returned
to him on the grounds that
he wanted to travel abroad
for medical treatment.
The judge noted that though
there was a letter
purportedly written by a
medical practitioner backing
the accused that he had a
complicated heart problem,
there was no sufficient
proof that the case could
not be treated in Nigeria.
The EFCC had on October 17,
2011 arraigned the quartet
for allegedly defrauding the
Federal Government of
Nigeria by submitting forged
document and making false
claims from the Petroleum
Support Fund, as subsidy
payment to Alminnur
Resources Limited. They
were said to have conspired
to obtain the over N1.5
billion from the Federal
Government of Nigeria as
subsidy for the purported
importation of 19,000 MT of
PMS.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/subsidy-scam-how-oil-dealers-used-dead-vessel-to-dupe-nigeria-of-n1-5bn/

One day na one day monkey go enter market e no go return. All these people stealing our money in the name of subsidy una cup go soon full

See their names, all from the north yet they cry that they are been marginalized while they are the ones that has ruin this country. Instead of building up their areas and making live more liveable in the north they are creating a Somalia.

so why is the case taking almost two years? with all these evidence

AGF is collecting kick back big time, dont know who is worse the former Attorney General or this Adoke

Noise everywhere, next

Little-by-little without much noise, it will no longer be business as usual for the corupt