DASUKIgate: EFCC Traces N4.75bn To Obanikoro’s Company, Sons

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has traced about N4.75bn in a company, Silva McNamara Limited, believably owned by Gbolaham and Babajide Obanikoro who are two sons of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence during the erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

However, investigations show that the former Minister’s name did not reflect explicitly in the transactions as he wasn’t listed as a member of the board of Directors of the company. However, the transactions also didn’t indicate the contracts the various payments serviced.

According to information from reliable sources, the amounts were traced from the $2.1bn allocated for arms procurements amidst high insecurity in the northern part of the country which claimed several lives of both civilians, military personnel as well as displace many Nigerians.
 

The transfers were made through the company’s Diamond Bank account from the CBN Impress account of the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) between June 06, 2014 and December 12, 2014.

Among various amounts transferred without disclosed purposes or transactions include:  N200m on June 06, 2014; N2billion on June 16, 2014; N60million on July 06, 2014; N60million on July 06, 2014; N700million on July 07, 2014; N1billion on June 30,2014; N160m on August 0 8,2014; N225m on August 22, 2014; N200m on November  14, 2014; N200m on December 05,2014 among others.