ree oil marketers allegedly involved in the theft of
billions naira fuel subsidy money were on Friday declared wanted by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
They are Abdul Afeez Olarenwaju Olabisi (Fago Petroleum
and Gas Ltd.); Abubakar Ali Jeldi (Managing Director of Nadabo Energy Ltd.);
and Ikechukwu Onuabuchi Nworgu of Star Inspection Services Nigeria Ltd.
A statement by the spokesperson for the EFCC, Mr.
Wilson Uwujaren, said the men
were wanted by the commission for offences bordering on criminal conspiracy,
forgery, obtaining money by false pretences and money laundering running into
several billions of naira.
He said, “Olabisi, 31, is from Kwara State and speaks
Yoruba, Hausa and English languages fluently. His last known address is Fago
Petroleum and Gas Ltd.
“Jeldi, 34, is of the Igala stock from Kogi State,
North Central Nigeria. He speaks his native Igala, Hausa and English languages
fluently. His last known addresses are 4B, Louis Solomon Close, Victoria
Island, Lagos and 15 Ogbunike Street, Lekki, Lagos.
“Nworgu, 46, is from Abia State. He speaks Igbo and
English fluently. His last known address is Star Inspection Services Nigeria
Ltd., 4A, Lander Close, off Liverpool Road, Apapa, Lagos.”
The EFCC said the accused allegedly obtained billions
of naira as subsidy payments from the Petroleum Support Fund under false
pretence, and disappeared in the wake of the commission’s investigation of the
subsidy regime.
The anti-graft agency urges anyone having useful
information as to the whereabouts of the suspects to contact its zonal offices
in Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja or the nearest police
station.
The EFCC had stated that about 140 suspects, who were
involved in the fuel subsidy scandal, were to face prosecution.
The figure includes the first batch of 20 suspects
implicated in the scandal, who have been scheduled to appear at a Federal High
Court in Lagos and six oil firms as well as 11 individuals.
The six oil firms are: Nasaman Oil Services, Eterna Oil
and Gas Plc, Ontario Oil & Gas Plc, Nadabo Energy Ltd., Pacific Silver Line
Ltd., Axenergy Ltd., and Fago Petroleum and Gas Ltd.
The 11 individuals involved are: Mamman Nasir Ali,
Christian Taylor, Mahmud Tukur, Ochonogor Alex, Walter Wagbatsoma, Adaoha
Ugo-Ngadi, Fakuade Babafemi Ebenezer, Ezekiel Olaleye Ejidele, Abubakar Ali
Peters, Jude Agube Abalaka, Abdulahi Alao and Oluwaseun Ogunbanbo.
While Ejidele is director of an accounting firm,
Akintola Williams Deliote, Ebenezer is an employee of the Petroleum Products
Pricing and Regulating Agency.