EX NNPC GMD, JIDE OMOKERE TO ARRAIGNED JULY 4.

Punch news reports that an Ex NNPC Group Managing Director
and Mr. Jide Omokere an oil magnate will be arraigned before a court
on July 4. This was revealed in a statement made by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). After the absence of the accused in
a a federal high court, yesterday-monday June 20.
The EFCC has already filed four counts of money laundering against
a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, Andrew Yaks; ex-Director of the NNPC, Abide Memnere;
ex-Managing Director, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited,
Victor Briggs; and oil mogul David
Mbanefo.
Two other firms were charged along with them, and they are:
Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and
Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited.
All the accused persons were supposed to appear before a federal
high court judge-Binta Nyako in Abuja on monday. But they were all
absent, despite the fact that the leading counsel for the case -Rotimi
Jacobs was present. The reason for the absence is yet to be known, but
after an exclusive meeting with the judge, the prosecuting and defence
lawyers have agreed to shift the hearing of the case to the 4th of
next month.
Jide Omokere who together with his company , Atlantic Energy
Drilling is being sued for charges of money laundering. His company
was alleged to have received public assets worth billions in dollars,
without due process from the past administration. The company was also
alleged to have lifted barrels of oil without making due returns to
the Federal government.