A federal high court in Lagos has granted a Mareva injunction permitting the Nigerian government to freeze assets owned by Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, and their company Atlantic Energy, Saharareporters report. The duo are linked to former Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke in a wide range shady business dealings that illegally transferred Nigerian oil assets to them and their companies.
The legal documents demanded a global freeze of $1.8bn in assets stolen by Atlantic Energy executives Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore. Atlantic Energy was granted enormous contracts from the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) under the direction of the embattled Madueke.
According to reports, when Madueke granted Atlantic Energy contracts through the Strategic Alliance Agreements (SAA) the company did not even legally exist. According to legal documents, Aluko and Omikore stole more than $1.7bn from the Nigerian government.
Assets specifically mentioned include 3 mansions in Los Angeles, two high-end apartments in New York City, properties in Santa Barbara, California; numerous properties in Lagos including 43 apartments in Banana Island, 58 vehicles, the Galactica Star yacht, 3 airplanes…. and 500 bottles of cold Yoyo bitters…. Cc: Saharareporters
