A federal high court in Lagos has granted a Mareva
injunction permitting the Nigerian government to freeze assets owned by
two Nigerian businessmen Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, and their company
Atlantic Energy.
The individuals are linked to former Nigerian oil
minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke in a wide range
shady business dealings
that illegally transferred Nigerian oil assets to them and their
companies.
The legal documents, exclusively obtained by
SaharaReporters, demanded a global freeze of $1.8 billion in assets
stolen by Atlantic Energy executives Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore. This
development follows reports that Mr. Aluko sold his lavish Bel-Air
mansion in Los Angeles, USA at a $2 million loss. Mr. Omikore has also
been under intense scrutiny by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), which seized a 2 million pound wristwatch from him on
April 27th, 2016 and raided his Nigerian homes on October 2nd, 2015.
Atlantic Energy was granted enormous contracts from the
Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) under the direction of the
embattled former Minister for Petroleum Resources Madueke. According to
reports, when Mrs. Madueke granted Atlantic Energy contracts through
the Strategic Alliance Agreements (SAA) the company did not even legally
exist.
According to legal documents, available below, Mr. Aluko
and Mr. Omikore stole more than $1.7 billion from the Nigerian
government.
Assets specifically mentioned include three mansions in Los
Angeles, two high-end apartments in New York City, properties in Santa
Barbara, California; numerous properties in Lagos including 43
apartments in Banana Island, 58 vehicles, the Galactica Star yacht, and
three airplanes.
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