The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC has released details of how ex-Governor Chimaraoke Nnamani of Enugu State looted and diverted funds meant for the state. According to the charge sheet obtained from the EFCC, the commission alleged that Nnamani looted N5.36bn and $2.28m (N290.56m) from the treasury of his state between August 2003 and May 2007.
See below for details:
•That Chimaroke Nnamani, Chinero Nwigwe (now at large), Sunday Anyaogu, Sylvia Onwubuemeli, Rainbownet Nig Ltd, Hillgate Nig. Ltd., Cosmos FM, Capitalcity Automobile (Nig.) Ltd, Renaissance University Teaching Hospital, Renaissance University, Mea Mater Elizabeth High School between August 2003 and May 2007 within the jurisdiction this Court did conspire among yourselves to commit an offence wit: laundering of funds belonging to Enugu State Government Statutory Allocation and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2004.
That you Chimaroke Nnamani, Chinero Nwigwe (now at large), Sunday Anyaogu, Sylvia Onwubuemeli, Rainbownet Nig Ltd, Hillgate Nig. Ltd., Cosmos FM, Capitalcity Automobile (Nig.) Ltd, Renaissance University Teaching Hospital, Renaissance University, Mea Mater Elizabeth High School sometime in August 2003 within the jurisdiction of this court did collaborate to conceal the genuine origin of the sum of N173,151.45 which sum was illegally taken from the statutory allocation to the Local Governments in Enugu State and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 14(1) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2003.
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• That you Chimaroke Nnamani, Chinero Nwigwe (now at large), Sunday Anyaogu, Sylvia Onwubuemeli, Rainbownet Nig Ltd, Hillgate Nig. Ltd., Cosmos FM, Capitalcity Automobile (Nig.) Ltd, Renaissance University Teaching Hospital, Renaissance University, Mea Mater Elizabeth High School sometime in the year 2004 within the jurisdiction of this Court did collaborate to conceal the genuine origin of the sum of N66,778,445 which sum was illegally taken from the statutory allocation to Aninri Local Government in Enugu State and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 14(1) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2003.
Meanwhile, former Anambra State governor, Dr. Andy Uba, denied yesterday that he was in the know of how former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Saminu Turaki, contributed huge sums of money for the failed third term project.
Special Assistant to Uba, Mr. Chuks Akunna, said in a statement that the former governor was never a witness to Turaki or any other person handing out money for the project.
He said in the statement that, “The attention of Dr. Andy Emmanuel Uba (MFR), former governor of Anambra State, has been drawn to certain ‘confessional statements’ credited to former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Saminu Turaki, to the effect that he (Uba) was in the know of how Turaki contributed huge sums of money in support of the failed tenure elongation agenda.
“Even though the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has come out in black and white to declare that no governor, Turaki inclusive, was found to have contributed money in support of the third term agenda, Dr. Andy Uba still finds it necessary to state, for the records, that he was never witness to Alhaji Saminu Turaki, or anybody for that matter, handing out any money for any project.
“Dr. Andy Uba understands that this may not be the best of times for the former governor and his aides, but also believes that Alhaji Saminu Turaki should be able to navigate the legal minefields without resorting to dragging his (Andy’s) name into the matter for political reasons best known to Turaki and his aides.”