Osinbajo noted that Diezani, Omokore and Aluko made away with the money and that royalties and taxes were also not paid, adding that none of them had come out to make any denial.
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The EFCC lawyer urged the court to order a final forfeiture of the properties listed in the schedule of application filed before the court.
The former petroleum resources minister had on Oct. 6, through her lawyer, Mr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, urged the court to compel the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to extradite her to Nigeria from the United Kingdom to defend the charges against her.
Alison-Madueke, who is reportedly under treatment for cancer in the United Kingdom, has been named in several corruption and embezzlement cases in Nigeria.
When asked by Jacobs, whether Omokore’s companies made payments with respect to the OML60 series, Abiri said: “To the best of my knowledge I am just hearing about these companies for the first time and cash calls were never paid by them.”
Omokore and his companies are standing trial along with Membere, Victor Briggs, former managing director of Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC; and David Mbanefo, manager, Planning and Commercial of the NNPC. They were re-arraigned on November 21, 2016 on a nine-count amended charge,of criminal diversion of about $1.6 billion alleged to be proceeds of petroleum products belonging to the federal government.