Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Money Laundering: How Senator Bassey Took Possession of Vehicles Worth N204m

A prosecution witness, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on July 2, 2019 told Justice A.A. Okeke of a Federal High Court, sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, how Senator Albert Bassey, took possession of vehicles worth N204 million at the instance of one Olajide Omokore, whose companies executed contracts for the Akwa Ibom State Government. The Senator, who previously served as the State’s Commissioner for Finance, and Chairman of Akwa Ibom State Inter-Ministerial Direct Labour Coordinating Committee, is alleged to have received the vehicles between 2010 and 2015. The vehicles, which are believed to be proceeds…