The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has frozen an account linked to Shalewa Obanikoro,
the daughter of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu
Obanikoro.
EFCC investigators said about N1.2bn passed through
the account which belongs to an oil firm.
Shalewa, who is a signatory to the account, was said
to have personally mandated Fidelity Bank to transfer N800m from the account to
another account within the bank.
A source in the anti-graft agency on Tuesday said, “We
have frozen an account in which Obanikoro’s daughter is a signatory. She
specifically mandated the bank to transfer N800m from the account to another
account.
“We discovered that money was paid into the account at
various times. The money came in N50m, N20m, N30m and various sums.
“She said the money was for oil and gas transactions.
So, we have frozen the account as investigations continue. We want to know
where the funds came from. At least N1.2bn has passed through the account.”
The EFCC was said to have made the discovery of
Shalewa’s transactions when it was investigating the N4.7bn allegedly paid into
the account of Obanikoro’s two sons – Babajide and Gbolahan.
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