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| Omokore & Aluko |
A Federal High Court in
Lagos has granted a Mareva injunction permitting the Nigerian government to
freeze assets owned by two Nigerian businessmen Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore,
and their company Atlantic Energy.
The legal documents,
exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, demanded a global freeze of $1.8
billion in assets stolen by Atlantic Energy executives Kola Aluko and Jide
Omokore
Aluko and Omokore have been
linked to former Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in a wide range
of shady business dealings. They have been accused of helping the controversial
former minister to illegally transfer Nigerian oil assets to them and their
companies.
This development follows
reports that Aluko sold his lavish Bel-Air mansion in Los Angeles, USA at a $2
million loss.
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| Kola Aluko hanging out with Naomi Campbell |
Omokore has also been
under intense scrutiny by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
which seized a 2 million pound wristwatch from him on 27 April 2016 and raided
his Nigerian homes on 2 October, 2015.
Atlantic Energy was
granted enormous contracts from the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company
(NPDC) under the direction of the embattled former Minister for Petroleum
Resources, Diezani.
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| Diezani Allison-Madueke |
According to reports, when
Diezani granted Atlantic Energy contracts through the Strategic Alliance
Agreements (SAA) the company did not even legally exist.
The legal documents,
available to Sahara Reporters, suggested that Aluko and Omikore stole more than
$1.7 billion from the Nigerian government.
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| Aluko & his Yacht |
Assets specifically
mentioned include three mansions in Los Angeles; two high-end apartments in New
York City; properties in Santa Barbara, California; numerous properties in
Lagos including 43 apartments in Banana Island, Lagos; 58 vehicles, the
Galactica Star yacht, and three airplanes.
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