Special Fraud Unit of the police, SFU, yesterday, declared former
Kwara State governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, wanted following the
refusal of a court to grant his request for restraining order.
Also wanted by the SFU is his wife, Toyin, over alleged N4 billion loan fraud.
She allegedly collected the loan from Access Bank through her firm, DALTRADE.
The SFU has a warrant for Saraki arrest from a High Court in Lagos
because the alleged offence of N21 billion loan fraud against him was
committed in Lagos. Commissioner of police Tunde Ogunshakin of the SFU
confirmed the story.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Nigeria: Alleged N11bn scam: Saraki shuns police invitation
Former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday shunned
invitation by the Police Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton, Ikoyi, to
answer questions bothering on an alleged N11 billion loan scam at the
defunct Intercontinental Bank.
Saraki, who was billed to appear at the SFU, reportedly wrote the unit, promising to honour its invitation yesterday. But as at 6pm, he was yet to arrive to explain his alleged involvement in the loan scam.
The unit, had last week arrested former Managing Director of defunct Intercontinental Bank, Mr Mahmoud Alabi, for allegedly writing off a N9 billion loan and granting another N9 billion loan without a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
During investigation, the unit, according to its spokes person, Mrs Ngozi Insitume, discovered that “the companies that jointly incurred this indebtedness were Joy Petroleum Limited, Skyview Properties Ltd, Dicetrade, and Limkers Nigeria Ltd. The debts originated from several loans/facilities worth billions of Naira granted the companies, which were allegedly promoted by Senator Bukola Saraki between 2004 and 2009 when he was the Governor of Kwara State.
“The billions of Naira loans/facilities were used to purchase shares of bluechip companies and choice landed property in Lagos and Abuja. Some of the landed property worth billions of naira used to secure the loans were curiously released after payment of only N2.3Billion out of the N11.97 jointly owed the bank by the companies.”
Meanwhile, Dr. Erastus Akingbola under whose management most of the loans were approved, she said, had also made useful statement to the police, adding that . Investigation was on to determine the propriety of releasing the title documents to these landed properties used as collaterals which would have been sold to set off part of the balance debt.
Saraki as gathered, is expected to explain why and how the loan were written off and how choice properties in high brow areas of Lagos such as Ikoyi and Victoria Island were purchased with the contentious loan, only to end up being used as collateral for the same loan.
Saraki, who was billed to appear at the SFU, reportedly wrote the unit, promising to honour its invitation yesterday. But as at 6pm, he was yet to arrive to explain his alleged involvement in the loan scam.
The unit, had last week arrested former Managing Director of defunct Intercontinental Bank, Mr Mahmoud Alabi, for allegedly writing off a N9 billion loan and granting another N9 billion loan without a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
During investigation, the unit, according to its spokes person, Mrs Ngozi Insitume, discovered that “the companies that jointly incurred this indebtedness were Joy Petroleum Limited, Skyview Properties Ltd, Dicetrade, and Limkers Nigeria Ltd. The debts originated from several loans/facilities worth billions of Naira granted the companies, which were allegedly promoted by Senator Bukola Saraki between 2004 and 2009 when he was the Governor of Kwara State.
“The billions of Naira loans/facilities were used to purchase shares of bluechip companies and choice landed property in Lagos and Abuja. Some of the landed property worth billions of naira used to secure the loans were curiously released after payment of only N2.3Billion out of the N11.97 jointly owed the bank by the companies.”
Meanwhile, Dr. Erastus Akingbola under whose management most of the loans were approved, she said, had also made useful statement to the police, adding that . Investigation was on to determine the propriety of releasing the title documents to these landed properties used as collaterals which would have been sold to set off part of the balance debt.
Saraki as gathered, is expected to explain why and how the loan were written off and how choice properties in high brow areas of Lagos such as Ikoyi and Victoria Island were purchased with the contentious loan, only to end up being used as collateral for the same loan.
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