LAGOS, Nigeria – Hukumar Yaki da Cin Hanci da Rashawa (EFCC) ta tuhumi Oba Otudeko, tsohon shugaban FBN Holdings, da wasu mutane uku kan zargin zamba na biliyoyin Naira. Wadannan sun hada da Stephen Olabisi Onasanya, tsohon manajan daraktan FBN; Soji Akintayo, tsohon memba na hukumar Honeywell Flour Mills plc; da Anchorage Limited, kamfani da ke da alaka da Otudeko.
Hukumar ta gabatar da tuhume-tuhumen a kotun babban alkali ta tarayya da ke Legas a ranar Alhamis. An bayyana cewa za a gurfanar da wadannan mutane a kotu a ranar Litinin.
A cikin takardar tuhumar da TheCable ta gani, EFCC ta yi zargin cewa Otudeko da sauran wadanda ake tuhuma sun sami lamuni mai yawa—N12.3 biliyan, N5.2 biliyan, N6.2 biliyan, N6.1 biliyan, da N1.5 biliyan—daga First Bank a karkashin sunayen wasu kamfanoni. Hukumar ta ce an sami wadannan kudaden tsakanin shekarun 2013 zuwa 2014.
“Kun, CHIEF OBA OTUDEKO, STEPHEN OLABISI ONASANYA, SOJI AKINTAYO da ANCHORAGE LEISURE LIMITED tsakanin 2013 zuwa 2014 a Legas, a cikin ikon wannan Kotu, kun yi hadin kai don samun N12,300,000,000.00 (Biliyan Goma sha Biyu da Dari Uku Miliyan Naira) daga First Bank Limited bisa zargin cewa wannan kudin ya wakilci lamunin da V-TECH DYNAMIC LINKS LIMITED da Stallion Nigeria Limited suka nema, wanda kuka san ba gaskiya ba ne, kuma haka kuka aikata laifi wanda ya saba wa Sashe na 8(a) na Dokar Yaudara da Sauran Laifuka masu Alaka da Ita ta 2006 kuma ana hukunta shi bisa Sashe na 1(3) na wannan Dokar,” in ji tuhumar ta farko.
Hukumar ta kuma bayyana cewa za a gabatar da shaidu 12 a shari’ar, wadanda suka hada da masu bincike uku na EFCC da wakilai na First Bank, Babban Bankin Najeriya (CBN), Stallion Nigeria, da V-tech Dynamics Limited.
A watan Agusta 2024, Adesuwa Ezenwa, tsohon manajan dangantaka a First Bank, ta shaida wa kotun aikin kasa cewa an ba da lamuni mai darajar biliyoyin Naira ga kamfanonin da ke da alaka da Otudeko ko da yake an ba da su a sunan wasu kamfanoni.