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Obiora Amobi
Operations Manager of Melrose General Services Limited.
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2018
Obiora Amobi
Operations Manager of Melrose General Services Limited.
1000reasons.voteTheCable — EFCC: How Saraki, aides laundered N3.5bn Paris Club loan refund (April 2017)
What happened
Operations Manager of Melrose General Services Limited. Arraigned on 11-count charges (later struck out) for conspiracy and money laundering in connection with N3.5 billion Paris Club refund diversion. EFCC alleged Amobi made cash withdrawals (N5M and N10M tranches) from Melrose account after being introduced to Access Bank by Robert Mbonu. Co-defendant with Makanjuola, Shittu, Mbonu, and company. Bail granted N250 million with two sureties (October 2018). Trial struck out (November 2021).
Sources
- TheCable — EFCC: How Saraki, aides laundered N3.5bn Paris Club loan refund (April 2017) · TheCable — EFCC: How Saraki, aides laundered N3.5bn Paris Club loan refund (April 2017)
- Vanguard — EFCC charges Saraki's aide Makanjuola, ex-bank MD Mbonu with alleged diversion of N3.5b (August 2018) · Vanguard — EFCC charges Saraki's aide Makanjuola, ex-bank MD Mbonu with alleged diversion of N3.5b (August 2018)