Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged $40m Fraud: We Didn’t Have a Contract with ONSA- Azibaola

The trial of Robert Azibaola, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for a $40 million fraud charge continued on February 5, 2019 with him testifying that there was no formal contract between his company and the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA. Azibaola, a cousin to former president, Goodluck Jonathan, along with his company, One Plush Holdings, are facing a two-count charge bordering on money laundering, criminal breach of trust and corruption, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court, Abuja. Under cross-examination by prosecut…