The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday quizzed Jide
Omokore, owner of Atlantic Energy, who is said to be a business
associate of former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the
Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports.
But Omokore was said to have been granted administrative bail after answering certain qestions from the EFCC operatives.
Omokore is being investigated by the EFCC on allegations of money laundering and conspiracy to siphon billions of naira in fraudulent oil industry contracts while Alison-Madueke was minister.
Atlantic Energy recently debunked the corruption allegation levelled against it that it facilitated bogus oil swap deals that cost the country billions of naira.
Our sources at the anti-graft agency noted that the commission conducted simultaneous searches on Omokore’s houses in Lagos and the house of the former minister in Abuja, as she was being questioned in the UK.
The sources also confirmed that officials from the United Kingdom National Crime Agency are presently in Nigeria, actively collaborating with EFCC operatives on the ongoing probe of the oil sector.
Culled from Leadership
But Omokore was said to have been granted administrative bail after answering certain qestions from the EFCC operatives.
Omokore is being investigated by the EFCC on allegations of money laundering and conspiracy to siphon billions of naira in fraudulent oil industry contracts while Alison-Madueke was minister.
Atlantic Energy recently debunked the corruption allegation levelled against it that it facilitated bogus oil swap deals that cost the country billions of naira.
Our sources at the anti-graft agency noted that the commission conducted simultaneous searches on Omokore’s houses in Lagos and the house of the former minister in Abuja, as she was being questioned in the UK.
The sources also confirmed that officials from the United Kingdom National Crime Agency are presently in Nigeria, actively collaborating with EFCC operatives on the ongoing probe of the oil sector.
Culled from Leadership
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