EFCC traces N15bn of Diezani’s election bribe cash to ex-ministers, INEC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has located the whereabouts of 15 billion Naira of the 23.29 billion Naira, approximately $115 million allegedly offered as bribe by the Peoples Democratic Party  to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission in connection with the 2015 elections.

The alleged 15 billion Naira was meant for compromising the result of the elections which the party’s presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress won against Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

14 directors of 4 oil firms suspected to be involve in the 23.29 billion Naira bribery scandal have been identified by the anti-graft agency. They are former Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Dr Nurudeen Muhammad (N 500,000,000) and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs in the last dispensation, Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali (N 950,000,000).

The EFCC had also traced over 15 billion Naira of the bribe cash to the following

• Seven North,West states: 5,097,064,000 Billion Naira 
• REC and five others:  681million Naira 
• Cross River PDP chairman:  500 Million Naira
• INEC officials in Oyo and Ogun: 359 Million Naira
• 2 politicians from South East: 700 Milion Naira.
• Fidelity Bank also profited  49.7 Million Naira from the deal

The EFFC started that some of the beneficiaries have started refunding the cash. The EFFC also started that they have all the list of all beneficiaries from Fidelity Bank.

The $115 million bribery scam was allegedly facilitated by the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The oil barons are believed to have contributed $88.35 million of the $115 million remitted to Fidelity Bank.

Investigation has revealed that the EFCC obtained the list of 14 directors of the firms from the Corporate Affairs Commission.

Here are the big names that have been recently squeezed by the The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission:

• Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo
• Head of Operations, Martin Izuogbe
• Cross River State’s Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Ntufam John Okon (N500m)
• former Minister of State, Foreign Affairs Dr Nurudeen Muhammad( N 500,000,000)
• Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs in the last dispensation
• Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali: 950,000,000 Million Naira 
• Retired INEC staff, Sani Isa: 406,206,000 Million Naira
• Leno Adesanya: 1.85 Million Dollars 
• Sen. Chris Anyanwu and Mike Ahamba: 700 Milion Naira.

REC

• Gesil Khan for collected 185, 842,000 Million Naira out of a 681 Million Naira bribe deal
• Electoral Officer in Isoko-South Local Government Area, Delta State, Fidelia Omoile: 112,480,000 Million Naira
• INEC’s Administrative Secretary in Delta State, Uluochi Obi Brow: 111,500,000 Million Naira
• Former Deputy Director of INEC in Cross River state, Edem Okon Effanga: N241,127,000 Million Naira
• Head of Voter Education in INEC in Akwa Ibom, Immaculata Asuquo: 214,127,000 Million Naira.

The camp of Ex-ministers in the administration of former President Jonathan were split yesterday following revelations on how huge cash was disbursed to some of their colleagues for the 2015 poll.