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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