Sacked Managing Director at the Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue has denied ownership
of the $50m found by EFCC in a residential building located at Osborne
Towers, Ikoyi.
In a statement released
through her lawyer, Emeka Etiaba SAN, she denied ownership of the large
sum of money and commended the EFCC for their continuous fight in
curbing corruption in the country.
The statement reads:
“The
attention of Our Client, Mrs. Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue has been drawn to the
news making round in the News Media to the effect that the large sums
of money to wit: $38,000,000.00 (Thirty-Eight Million Dollars),
N23,000,000.00 (Twenty-Three Million Naira) and £27,000.00 (Twenty-Seven
Thousand Pounds) uncovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC)
from an apartment in Osborne Towers, Osborne Road, Ikoyi Lagos, Lagos
State belong to her.
By this Press Release, we
inform the public (especially the News Media) that the said sums of
money and/or the apartment where the sums of money were found do not
belong to Our Client.
Our Client is as shocked
as many other Nigerians at the uncovering and recovery of the said sums
of money and wishes to salute the courage and efforts of the EFCC in the
war against corruption.
She also wishes to
commend the whistle blowing policy introduced by the Federal Government
in the fight against corruption which policy has resulted in large scale
uncovering and recovery of monies and assets.
It
is Our Client’s belief that the source and ownership of the said
uncovered sums of money is known or eventually will be known by the EFCC
in due course. There is, therefore, no need for conjecture or
speculation.
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