Secondus still has a case to answer ,because he is on bail
N250million was traced to Secondus as remittance in two tranches from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA)
Secondus got vehicles or gifts worth N310million-N472.5million
Documents indicated that 50 vehicles were purchased for Secondus between June 28, 2013 and November 2014.
-EFCC.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission documents obtained by The Nation, yesterday, revealed that N1.28 billion was spent on acquiring exotic vehicles for the PDP national chairman,Uche Secondus and two others viz,one of his predecessors, Alhaji Adamu Muazu and Senator Albert Bassey.

Analysis indicated that Secondus got vehicles or gifts worth N310million-N472.5million; Mua’zu, N504, 500,000 and Bassey, N303m.

However,Secondus has described the allegation as continuation of his media trial.

Quote:“We are already in court on some of these allegations. If anybody has anything to prove, let him go to court. We know that this is a continuation of blackmail and media trial against the PDP national chairman,” his spokesman Ike Abonyi said.

Also, about N250million was traced to Secondus as remittance in two tranches from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).The office said out of the monies, N50million was collected by Uche Secondus on November 7, 2014 and one Chukwurah, who was a Special Assistant to Secondus, picked the balance of N200million in cash, on February 9, 2015.The purpose for the payments were unkonown,but it was based on the directive of a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki.

The desk officers who handed over the cash to the beneficiaries have made statements to the EFCC.All the payment vouchers, especially a vital one tagged 0244, have been retrieved by EFCC from ONSA.

Mua’zu, who is tagged as being on the run, it was learnt, may be watch-listed on how he came about the N504.5million worth of vehicles.

The EFCC declared that “Secondus still has a case to answer because he is on bail.”

According to the fact-sheet obtained from the anti-graft commission, the vehicles were purchased from Skymit Motors from the proceeds of what was due to the nation from the Strategic Alliance Agreement between Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Nigeria Limited and the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company(NPDC).

Some of the proceeds were initially diverted to Expedia Marines from where payments were made to Skymit Motors.

The documents indicated that 50 vehicles were purchased for Secondus between June 28, 2013 and November 2014.

The fact-sheet reads in part: “As part of the investigation of Strategic Alliance Agreement between Atlantic Energy and NPDC, the EFCC team discovered that part of the proceeds of crude oil lifting were diverted to Expedia Marines and from the company several payments were made to a company called Skymit, which deals in assorted vehicles.

“About 55 vehicles were bought for Secondus as follows:
10 Hiace High Roof @N8.5million each-8/4/14;
15 Hiace Mid-roof @ N8.5million each;
25 Hiace High and Mid-roof @ N210million;
Range Rover Autobiography @N50million
Mercedez G63 @N36m (28/6/2013;
2 Toyota Hilux(D-Cabin Pick Up) @ N14million (8/4/14)
“Secondus was invited on February 23, 2016 in respect of investigation into alleged case of fraud and money laundering. He made a statement and he was granted bail on March 2, 2016.

“His case is still under investigation in spite of the fact that part of the case has been charged to court. Secondus withdrew his first surety, Dr. Musa Hassan Gusau of the National Commission for Mass Literacy and brought in a new surety, Mr. Daniang Peter Dajan, the Director, General Services of the Federal Ministry of Labour. He is on bail and the surety is still there for him. The condition of the bail is very clear: That Secondus will be invited when required and he must honour the invitation.”

Secondus statement to EFCC

“All these gifts came to me from the Chairman of Atlantic Energy, Chief Jide Omokore over the years.I am not aware of the proceeds from Strategic Alliance Agreement being used to purchase the gifts.”

Furthermore,according to EFCC, vehicles allegedly bought for Muazu,Secondus’s predecessor, included: Mercedez G-63@N45million(19/5/14); Many vehicles @N247,500,000 (26/6/14) and another set of vehicles @ N212million on 14/814.

“The suspect(Muazu) is still on the run, the EFCC has not been able to interact with him,” the document said.

Senator Bassey, was a Commissioner for Finance in Akwa Ibom State and the EFCC uncovered how the vehicles listed below were made available to him by Atlantic Energy which allegedly paid for them from oil cash.

BMW X 5BP(Bullet Proof)@ N50m on 13/5/10
Infinity QX 5BP @ N45m (10/12/12)
Range Rover @N40m (17/3/14)
5 Toyota Hiace High Roof@ N43m(9/6/14)
6 Toyota Hilux D/Cabin @N6.2m= N42m(15/9/14)
Set of vehicles @N83m (19/12/14)
Bassey’s statement to EFCC: “The vehicles are gifts from Jide Omokore on the need to ensure my personal safety. I have known him for 19 years since 1997. They are also contributions to my governorship campaigns in 2014.”

But EFCC indicated it had subsequently invited Senator Bassey twice but he has refused to honour the invitation. He was expected to come for interaction on Monday,yesterday, but he did not show up.

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