The detained wife of a top-ranked officer in the Nigerian Army was unable to explain to American authorities the millions of dollars allegedly found in her account, according to Sahara Reporters.
Brigadier-General Charles Nengite of the Nigerian Army as well as his wife has been arrested by the authorities of the United States of America for an unexplained $16 million found in the wife’s account.
Wondering how she could amass such wealth, the US authroities reportedly invited her for questioning, but she could not explain it.
However, Obong Nsima Ekere and Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, the former Managing Directors of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, were allegedly linked to the slush funds as they were said to have used the commission in awarding contracts to Nengite in laundering the money.
It was reported that from 2016 to 2019, Nengite was drafted to the NDDC where he allegedly benefitted from billions of naira in contracts while there.
It was further gathered that Ekere and Brambaifa ensured that he had more than enough.
“At the end of it all, he had accumulated so much that $11million was discovered in his wife’s US account,” it was reported.
“Shocked by the amount of money in the wife’s account, American authorities reportedly wondered how she could amass such wealth and invited her for questioning but she could not explain the millions of dollars in her account.
“They US authorities got across to their Nigerian counterparts who invited Charles Nengite.
“The officer is presently cooling his heels with security operatives while the EFCC has been drafted in to investigate the money laundering case as part of the general probe of the NDDC,” the report says.
(Sahara Reporters)
