A statement signed on Saturday, January 30, by one of his media aide, Jonathan Eze challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to sincerely publish the names of the directors and signatories to the alleged Silva McNamara Limited account to the public, Premium Times reports.
The EFCC traced the sum of N4.75bn to a Diamond Bank account, owned by Silva McNamara Limited and Gbolahan and Babajide Obanikoro, two sons of the former minister were discovered to be on the board of the company.
The funds discovered in Silva McNamara Limited’s account is connected to the ongoing investigation on the alleged diversion of $2.1bn meant for arms procurement under the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan.
Obanikoro asked Sahara Reporters and the EFCC to stop demonising and deceiving Nigerians with vague, contrived and distorted information.
He noted that that there is nowhere in the world where investigations are being conducted using the pages of the newspapers
The statement read in parts: “Associating my sons to the Sylva McNamara account that allegedly received funds from the office of the embattled National security Adviser is highly preposterous and unthinkable.
“I am particularly amazed by the fact that trials and investigations are being done using the media unconventionally just to satisfy the cravings of political entities who are desperate to rub my hard earned reputation in the mud.
“Since the invincible Sahara Reporters whom I have legal cases against are at the forefront of misleading the public and defaming my person, perhaps rationalizing that I would withdraw pending suits against it, I am using this medium to challenge it and the EFCC to publish in good conscience the signatories and the names of the directors of the said company and to restate that I shall conclusively pursue this injustice and infringements to a logical end.”
He urged the EFCC to be straight and above board in their investigations and avoid speculations and conjectures that are infringing on the fundamental human rights of his sons.
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