Alhaja Moroophat Onikoro who is the wife of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services in connection to funds diverted from the office of the national security adviser.
According to Sahara Reporters, she was apprehended on Thursday, July 14 in front of her husband’s house located on Layi Ajayi-Bembe Street in Parkview Estate, Ikoyi in Lagos.
Moroophat whose husband has been in the United States since June, 2015 was fingered in the diversion of N4.7bn from the office of Sambo Dasuki, the former national security adviser during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan.
The DSS source revealed: “We arrested Alhaja Onikoro this morning. Although she bears Onikoro, she is the wife of Obanikoro. She was arrested with some vital documents. She is currently in our office in Shangisha, Lagos, and will later be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for more investigation.”
It was reported that she was interrogated at the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi but was allowed to return home on the agreement that she would report back to the EFCC’s office on Friday, July 15.
An EFCC source said: “We released her after interrogation. The woman cooperated fully with us and we allowed her to go because we don’t hold people hostage. We asked her questions and she answered respectfully.”
In June operatives of the EFCC had sealed houses belonging to Obanikoro’s sons, Babajide and Gbolahan, in Banana Island.
The anti-graft agency also raided obanikoro’s house in the same month and took away some documents said to have linked Obanikoro to the N4.7bn.
Obanikoro’s wife was at home during the raid and later accused the EFCC of abusing her rights. She later sued the anti-graft agency for N100m.
“When she sued the EFCC, she thought that would be the end of the matter. Unknown to her, we kept surveillance on the house and swiftly arrested her with the evidence we needed.”
EFCC investigations had revealed that N4.7bn was paid into a bank account of Sylvan McNamara, a company in which Obanikoro’s two sons are said to be directors.
About N1.219bn was flown to Akure on a private plane during the build-up to the 2014 Ekiti State governorship election, which was won by Governor Ayodele Fayose.
Obanikoro has however denied the allegations and said it was a concoction from the EFCC. The senator who has been in the US for over 15 months has dared the EFCC to try to extradite him back to Nigeria.
The anti-graft agency has however revealed that it has CCTV footage that showed Obanikoro and some other persons loading money into a plane in Lagos airport in 2014.
“Let Obanikoro keep making noise in the US instead of him to be a man and come and defend himself like others. He has finished his academic programme in the US since April but has refused to return to Nigeria because he knows he is guilty.
“Obanikoro has put his family in trouble by using his sons to launder money. In this age of BVN (Bank Verification Number), it is difficult to get away with bank fraud.”
Naij.com
*No wonder they insisted on this BVN thing to catch people..na wah!..I am sure Obanikoro will return to Nigeria when he no longer has any schooling to do and will defend himself if need be...for now i will just read and waka pass.
This is politically motivated.
ReplyDeleteIt is nothing put pure hostage taking. Buhari wants to hold the woman in order to catch her DH.
Some of u are so stupid that u call everything a witchhunt.if ur hands are clean there's no way they can witchhunt u thru corrupt practices.d ones witchhunted are the criminals,so the so called witchhunt is in order
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Aren't they tired yet?
ReplyDeleteMek i siddon dey look
ReplyDeleteShe removed ba and is now Onikoro. Obanikoro and Onikoro has nothing in common.
ReplyDeleteEFCC go and rest Dumbaba or Dumbaibai or what. Stop doing selecting arrest.
Na wa for una for this country. The money is much self. God help this country. the terrorist corruption
For once James has said something sensible. End times are near
ReplyDeleteLet Obanikoro keep making noise in the US instead of him to be a man and come and defend himself like others. He has finished his academic programme in the US since April but has refused to return to Nigeria because he knows he is guilty.
ReplyDelete“Obanikoro has put his family in trouble by using his sons to launder money.
You copied what was up there.
Deletehmmm una well done
ReplyDeleteWhen will the man hunt stop. What does the government do with the money these people return . Coz at the end of the day that's the only thing we hear. The fuel queues in abuja is increasing oo, something need to be done. How will someone queue up to buy fuel at 145 again
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a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Efcc doing a dirty work here.... This people are baddoo shah....
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Please stop using the word "FINGERED" like this... Get a synonym please
ReplyDeleteThe word reminds me of something
You have a corrupt mind
DeleteReminds you of getting fingered in your ass
DeleteOnikoro, Obanikoro. Identity theft. This man has been a crook since the time of Noah.
ReplyDeleteOnikoro, Obanikoro. Identity theft. This man has been a crook since the time of Noah.
ReplyDeleteOnikoro, Obanikoro. Identity theft. This man has been a crook since the time of Noah.
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