Judge Mojisola Dada, of the Court of Special Crimes, sitting in Iikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, sentenced to the Mamman Nasir Ali and Christian Taylor sellers to 14 years in prison for their roles in a scam of oil subsidies of N2.2 billion.
The duo was convicted after its reargument, along with its company, Nasaman Oil Services Limited, for a modified position of 57 positions derived from new evidence discovered during the investigations. The new positions were based on an earlier position of 49 positions that included conspiracy to obtain money with false claims, falsification and the use of counterfeit documents.
One of the Counts Reads: “Nasaman Oil Services Ltd, Mamman Nasir Ali, Christian Taylor, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo (Now at Large) and Olabisi Abdul-Afeez (Still at Large), on Or about the 9th day of November 2011 at lake To fraud, conspire to obtain the sum of n749,991,273.36 (seven hundred forty -nine million, nine hundred and one thousand, two hundred seventy -three naira thirty -six kobo) of the federal government of the federal government of Nigeria by falsely claiming that the sum of N749,991,273.36 represented the accessory subsidized by the oil services with the oil services with of the oil supplies of the oil for the SUM for the subs of the petros of the oil. Lima, whose representation knew it was false. “
Despite declaring himself innocent of all charges, the court found the case of the Prosecutor's Office, led by Seiduh Atteh, convincing, backed by multiple testimonies of witnesses and documentary evidence presented during the trial.
The defendants were tried before Judge Adeniyi Onigbanjo, who later withdrew from the case. He was subsequently reallocated to the given judge.
In his opinion, Judge Dada said that the fraudulent acts of the defendants not only led to a massive financial loss for the government, but also eroded public confidence in the framework of oil subsidies of the Nation. Consequently, the Court sentenced them to 14 years in prison each and ordered the loss of identified assets and bank accounts linked to the fraud product.
The given judge issued arrest orders for two coacked; Oluwaseun Ogunbambo and Olabisi Abdul-Afeez, who remain released.
The convictions mark the end of a long legal process that began when the Commission of Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, accused the convicts of fraudulently collecting a total of N1,480,074,125.61 under the appearance of importing 20,492,982.50 liters of Premium Motor Spirit, PM, in Nigeria. The court considered them guilty, convicted and convicted.