Allen Onyema: EFCC special panel to investigate Air Peace boss - Unconfirmed report
- According to a report by The Nation, the EFCC has said it will constitute a special panel on Allen Onyema's fraud allegation
- The source close to the newspaper said it is looking at the Nigerian component of the case and will investigate the Nigerian banks involved
- It was also said that the associated financial institutions were also involved in Diezani Alison-Madueke's fraud allegation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has come into the $44.9 million alleged wire fraud and money laundering charge against the Air Peace Chief Executive, Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, moments after the case came up in the US.
According to the Nation, EFCC on Saturday, November 23, constituted a special panel to investigation the allegation levelled against him.
The same newspaper also reported that the commission is also looking into the Nigerian banks that reportedly facilitated the money transfer to the states.
“In fact, the Acting EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu directed the team members to work round the clock at the weekend because it is a case we must work on with speed.
“We are also interested in the roles played by two banks in the country including one that has been on our radar for a while for money laundering. This same bank was implicated in the $115 million poll bribery scam in 2015 for which former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke is wanted for trial,” the source said.
EFCC, as relayed by the sources close to the media platform, would also probe the money inflows into various accounts of non-governmental organisations that are backed by the Air Peace boss.
“Upon the receipt of the charges, the EFCC chairman raised a team to probe the allegations against Onyema Eghagha, who were prominently mentioned in the indictment charges by the United States Government.
“The EFCC team is working on what I may term the ‘Nigerian components’ of the indictment including suspicious huge transfer of funds abroad, alleged abuse of letters of credit and money laundering,” the source said.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that four Nigerian groups led by the president of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima, said the source of the plight currently suffered by Onyeama can be traced to his business rivals.
The Nigerian Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders Forum (NENYLF) warned that nothing must happen to Onyeama, which it called one of Nigeria's finest businessman, whose activities have benefited the country in no small measure.
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