IG Petitioned Over Alleged Looting Of ALSCON

[Shola Sholaz]

Lawyers, representing the American group, BFIG, that won the bid for Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, over alleged looting of the smelter.
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The two lawyers, Wole Olanipekun and Patrick Ikwueto, both Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN, have sent letters to the Inspector-General, Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State and the Director General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises, drawing their attention to the alleged wholesale looting going on at the plant and the implications for the owners.
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In both letters, which were made available to Vanguard last night, the lawyers drew the attention of the Federal Government and the security agencies to the Supreme Court judgment of last year, which recognised BFIG, as the bonafide owner of the plant.