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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday searched the entire premises of a company belonging to Robert Azibaola, cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The company, Kakatar Construction and Engineering Limited is situated in Otakeme, Bayesla State.
Azibaola, who is standing trial before a Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly receiving a shady $40m contract from the Office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).
The spokesman for the firm, Mr. Austin Ekeinde, in a statement on Thursday, lamented that some containers, machines and portions of the buildings were damaged during the raid.
He said, “At about 3pm on April 13, 2017, EFCC operatives invaded Kakatar premises in Otakeme in Bayelsa State and vandalise containers, equipment and machines and damaged our buildings in the process.
The EFCC had commenced investigating Azibaola last year sequel to a list sent to the commission by a committee set up by the Federal Government to probe contracts awarded by the ONSA from 2011 to 2015 which indicted more than 300 companies and prominent citizens, including serving and retired officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Azibaola allegedly diverted $40m public funds through Oneplus Holdings, a sister company of his other company, Kakatar Construction and Engineering Company Limited.
The ex-President’s cousin had, however, said the contract was transparent, adding that the Federal Government still owed him $4m as the balance of the contract sum for successfully securing oil pipelines which saw Nigeria reap billions of dollars from increased oil production.