By ABDULWAHAB ABDULAH, ONOZURE DANIEL & MICHAEL OLADEPO
The economic and financial crimes commission, efcc, on Friday, October 5, 2012 arraigned thirteen suspects implicated in a fresh N3.7billion fuel subsidy scam.
The massive fraud was perpetrated using various instrumentalities such as forging of bills of lading, certificate of quantities and certificate of origin among other criminal infractions to fraudulently obtain payments from the petroleum support fund as subsidy for the importation of petroleum motor spirit (petrol).
The suspects comprising eight individuals and five companies were arraigned before justices Habeeb Abiru and Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos high court, ikeja. The individuals involved are Samuel Bamidele, Abiodun Kayode Bankole, Ifeanyi Anosike, Emeka Chukwu, Ngozi Ekeoma Alhaji Adamu Aliyu Maula, George Ogbonna and Emmanuel Morah.
The five companies involved are a.s.b. Investment Company Limited, Anosyke Group of Companies Limited, Dell Energy Limited, Downstream Energy Sources Limited and Rocky Energy Limited a.s.b. Investment Company Limited, Aro Samuel Bamidele and Abiodun Kayode Bankole were arraigned before Justice Lateefa Okunnu on an 18 count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain by false pretence, forgery and uttering false documents to the tune of N1,341,471,735.67 (one billion, three hundred and forty one million, four hundred and seventy one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-five naira, sixty-seven kobo) being payments fraudulently received from the petroleum support fund for a purported supply of 38, 010, 413.00 litres of premium motor spirit.
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I just hope justice is served at the end of the day.