EFCC Arrests ex-NNPC Boss, Jide Omokore
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has rearrested a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu.
The anti-graft agency has also picked up oil magnate, Jide Omokore, and is set to slam money laundering charges on them today (Monday).
Premium Times reports that business mogul Omokore and Engr. Yakubu would be charged before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a four-count charge of money laundering.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has rearrested oil magnate, Jide Omokore, and will most likely slam money laundering charges on him today (Monday).
An official briefed on the matter said the businessman would be arraigned alongside Andrew Yakubu, a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, who has also been picked up.
Our sources said the duo would be charged before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a four-count charge of money laundering.
According to EFCC insiders, other defendants in the case are Victor Briggs, Abiye Memnere, David Mbanefo, Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited.
Insiders in the EFCC have also revealed that other defendants in the case are Victor Briggs, Abiye Memnere, David Mbanefo, Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited.
Details to come as they unfold…
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