“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.”
The legal firm, hereafter, implored the news media to be more circumspect in their publications.
It was widely reported that operatives of the EFCC discovered and seized $43.4 million, £27,800 and N23.2 million in cash on Wednesday, at an Ikoyi luxury residential apartment complex (Osborne Towers) located at 16 Osborne Road, Ikoyi. The luxury complex was identified to belong to a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Muazu.
Further report of the discovery indicated that EFCC sources revealed that “the apartment where the money was found allegedly belongs to Mrs. Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, a Managing Director at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Retail Unit.”
It was indicated that the funds were seized after a whistle blower in Abuja leaked the awareness of the stashed cash.
Nnamdi-Ogbue was identified to have served as Managing Director of the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company Limited (PPMC), a subsidiary and cash flow channel of the NNPC.