The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, today August 19th, arraigned Mrs. Isabella
Oshodin and Bob Oshodin Organisation Ltd
before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High
Court, Abuja on a 25-count charge bordering on
money laundering to the tune of
N22,964,228,414 (Twenty-two Billion, Nine
Hundred and Sixty-four Million, Two Hundred
and Twenty-eight Thousand Four Hundred and
Fourteen Naira).

According to a press statement from the antigraft
agency, Oshodin is alleged to have on 16
occasions, received the sums of N500,000,000;
N750,000,000; N125,000,000; N350,000,000;
N170,000,000; N85,000,000; N60,000,000;
N50,000,000 and others which totalled
N2,366,000,000 (Two Billion, Three Hundred
and Sixty Six Million Naira) from the Office of the
National Security Adviser, ONSA under then NSA,
Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

EFCC in its statemet, said investigations further
revealed that Oshodin on eight occasions
received from Dasuki’s ONSA sums totalling
$57,217,301.15 (Fifty-seven Million, Two
Hundred and Seventeen Thousand, Three
Hundred and One US Dollars, Fifteen Cents) into
the Escrow accounts of Bob Oshodin
Organisation Ltd.

Count two of the charges reads

“That you, Mrs. Isabela Mimie Oshodin, Bob Oshodin
Organisation Ltd and Mr. Robert (Bob) Oshodin (still
at large) on or about 22nd June, 2014 in Abuja within
the jurisdiction of this honourable Court directly
transferred the sum of $7,712,598 (Seven Million,
Seven Hundred and Twelve Thousand, Five Hundred
and Ninety-eight Dollars) to one Portfolio Escrow
Company with account number 3102004330
domiciled in California Republic Bank, United States of
America which sum you reasonably ought to have
known to be proceed of an unlawful act of Sambo
Dasuki (rtd), the then National Security Adviser to wit:
criminal breach of trust and you thereby committed
an offence contrary to Section 15 (2) (b) of the Money
Laundering (Provision) Act, 2011as amended in 2012
and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act.”


He pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when
read to her.

In view of her plea, prosecuting counsel, Aisha
Tahar Habib prayed the court to fix a date for the
commencement of trial.

“I have noticed my lord the second defendant is not
represented, notwithstanding, in view of the first
defendant’s plea of not guilty, I will like to ask for a
date for trial,” she said.

However, counsel for the defendant, Osahor
Odemodia, informed the court of the bail
application for his client, and urged the court to
grant her bail on liberal terms, pending the
commencement of trial.

But Habib opposed the application for bail,
informing the court of a counter-affidavit filed on
July 10, 2019, and so urged the court to refuse
her bail, and instead, give the case accelerated
hearing.

The trial judge, thereafter, adjourned to August
21, 2019 and ordered the defendant to be
remanded in EFCC custody pending the ruling on
the bail application.

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