Former
Managing Director, Operations at the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue has denied ownership of the
large sums of money:$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.Nnamdi-Ogbue in a statement by her lawyer, Emeka Etiaba SAN, said she 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.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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