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Ngozi Olojeme Exposed

Dr. Ngozi Olojeme is in hot soup as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced 38 choice houses to the former Chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)

Mrs Olojeme who has been arrested by EFCC is being investigated by the agency for alleged diversion of $48,485,127 from the accounts of the NSITF..  Of N62.3billion fraud discovered in NSITF, $48,485,127 is allegedly credited to Mrs. Olojeme.

Insiders disclosed to us that “EFCC recovered over 40 properties out of which 38 belong to the ex-NSITF chairman, including the property at No. 51, Kainji Crescent, off Lake Chad Crescent in Maitama District”

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“The Kainji Crescent property is said to have housed some foreign leaders when they came visiting. It is a multi-billion naira mansion”

“We have invoked sections 28 and 34 of the EFCC (Establishment Act) 2004 and Section 13(1) of the Federal High Court Act, 2004, which empower the agency to apply the Interim Assets Forfeiture Clause.”

Section 28 of the EFCC Act reads: “Where a person is arrested for an offence under this Act, the Commission shall immediately trace and attach all the assets and properties of the person acquired as a result of such economic or financial crime and shall thereafter cause to be obtained an interim attachment order from the Court.”

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“We have placed all the over 40 assets under interim forfeiture based on the approval of our application by the court. The assets will be temporarily forfeited until the end of the trial of all the affected suspects.”

“We have also secured a court order to detain her for two weeks in preparation for Dr. Ngozi Olojeme’s arraignment in connection with the alleged diversion of $48,485,127 from NSITF’s account. We have charges already prepared and we will be arraigning her soon”

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“But she sought for medical attention in a private hospital for an undisclosed illness. We accorded her the right to seek medical aid and deployed in detectives and sentry guards to the hospital.”