Nelson A. Osuala [28 September 2016]
The Nigerian Minister for Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, is presently under fire by the Senate House of Assembly, as she has named the minister as an accomplice in a financial crime against the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
According to Sen. Dino Melaye, who alleged the minister's involvement in MTN telecommunication company to illegally move over $13.92billion out of Nigeria between the year 2006 and 2016.
During a motion on the floor of the senate house, Dino Melaye mentioned specifically names of other Nigerians whom he alleged were complice in the looting of Nigeria's federal reserve, an act which he considered to be inimical and unpatriotic.
Sen. Dino Melaye spoke regrettably thus:
“The senate notes with serious concern the repatriation of $13.92bn illegally out of Nigeria by Mobile Telecommunication Limited (MTN) through its bankers between 2006 and 2016.
Concerned that since inception, MTN had sought the collaboration of influential and unpatriotic Nigerians to assist them in looting our external reserves.
Pained that these Nigerians, including a serving minister who MTN used in moving $13.92bn out of Nigeria, which is over 50 percent of our external reserves floated and incorporated offshore SPVs in Cayman Island, Mauritius and British Virgin Island.
The minister of industry, trade and investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah, owner of CELTELCOM Investment Limited with address at No 608, St James, Denis Street Port-Lewis Mauritius purportedly claimed to invest in MTN on February 7, 2008, got certificate of capital importation and filled form A on the same date, closed his investment in Nigeria after receiving dollar payment for repatriation to New York same day.”
After his presentation, the senate house, mandated its committee on banking, insurance and other financial institutions to further investigate into the troubling matters raised in such bold allegations.
Nelson A.Osuala
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