SaharaReporters has obtained
the full list of occupants of a swanky apartment building in Lagos where
operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) found close
to $50million last week.
The building, located at 16
Osborne Road in Ikoyi, has nine floors of 19 Apartments and two penthouses. It
is owned by a former Peoples Democratic Party chairman, Ahmed Muazu, who
retained for himself the penthouses, 10A and B; as well as Apartments 11A and
11B.
Since the raid became public,
the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has laid claim to the funds, its
Director-General Ayodele Oke saying it was meant for covert operations
authorized by President Goodluck Jonathan during his tenure. SaharaReporters,
however, reported on Monday that the woman who was discreetly ferrying the
money into the apartment in bags was Mr. Oke’s wife, Folashade.
According to the apartment
ownership list obtained by SaharaReporters, other owners include:
1A - A former Guaranty Trust
Bank chairman, Fola Adeola, who owns Apartment 1A.
1B - Former Anambra Governor,
Peter Obi and his wife, who own Apartment 1B.
2A - Ahmed Kida
2B - Ahmed Kida but apartment
occupied by Esther Ogbue (a recently retired MD of NNPC)
3A - Kayode Sonaike
3B - Sterling Assets
4A and 4B - Leo Stan Ekeh
5A - Sterling Bank
5B - Damian Dodo, SAN
6A - Mo Abudu
6B - Career Terminal and
Logistics Ltd.
7A - Mr. and Mrs. Edo-Osagie
(Daughter of PDP Chieftain Anthony Anenih and her husband)
7B - Chobe Ventures Limited
(Controlled by Folashade Oke, wife of DG, NIA) apartment where $50m was found
by EFCC)
8A - Chikki Foods
8B - Mr. Balogun
9A - Damian Dodo, SAN
9B - Alhaji Tukur
10 A & B - Ahmed Muazu
11 A & B - Ahmed Muazu.
The NIA has claimed that it
warehoused the funds at the apartment, which is under the control of the wife
of its DG, as a “transit” arrangement, as it planned to move it to a more
permanent location.
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