Posted on: 03:54 Sun, 21 Feb 2016



The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has recovered N381m
from Mrs. Omolara Amosu, the wife
of the immediate past Chief of Air
Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu,
who is in detention.

EFCC sources said that the money
was recovered in three tranches:
N180m, N101m and N100m.

A detective in the anti-graft agency
told PUNCH that the money was
traced from the account of the
Nigeria Air Force to the bank
accounts of a company in which
Amosu’s wife is a director.

He added that Amosu’s wife is a
signatory to the accounts.
He said, “We recovered N381m
from Amosu’s wife, Omolara.
Initially, we recovered N180m from
her account before another N101m
and then N100m. These were
monies transferred from Air Force
accounts.”

Explaining how the money was
diverted, the detective added,
“They (Air Force officers) sent the
money to an account where their
wives have interests or are
signatories without doing
anything.”

A second source within the EFCC
said more properties belonging to
the immediate past Chief of
Accounts and Budgeting of NAF, Air
Vice Marshal J.B. Adigun, had been
seized.

The detective said a property, a
quarry located in Ogun State, had
equipment worth about $600,000.
Houses worth over N2bn in Ikoyi
and Victoria Island allegedly
belonging to Adigun had been
seized.

The source said, “Adigun is still
here with us. We recovered a
quarry which he owns. In the
quarry there were pieces of
equipment worth about $600,000.
They have all been impounded and
investigations are ongoing.”

“A parcel of land, located on
Bourdillon Drive, Ikoyi, worth
N908m, belonging to Adigun has
also been seized by the EFCC
operatives.”

“A house located on Adeyemo
Alakija Street, GRA Ikeja, near the
Ghanaian High Commission, which
belongs to Amosu has also been
sealed. It is worth over N200m.”