$9.6bn P&ID Award: EFCC Lists Suspects …Seeks Interpol’s Help To Track Collaborators

As the Federal Government takes steps to fish out the local and international collaborators who sealed a botched gas supply and processing agreement that has culminated in an English court awarding $9.6 billion (N3.5trillion) against the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun manhunt for the prime suspects.
The controversial deal entered into between Nigeria’s Ministry of Petroleum Resources in January 11, 2010, and Process and Industrial Development Limited, was for the processing of 400 million metric standard cubic feet of wet gas into lean gas by the company for Nigeria in 20 years but which did not work out, leading to the challenge of Nigeria by the firm. In order to get at the masterminds, the anti-graft agency has begun frisking the nooks and crannies of Nigeria and beyond to bring out the suspects to face justice in line with the mandate granted the agency to probe the entire contract saga and press criminal charges against anyone found to have compromised the nation’s interest.
Already, operatives of the commission have combed addresses in Maitama District of Abuja, and Victoria Island in Lagos, which Process and International Development Limited gave as its offices in Nigeria, but they turned out to be different businesses unconnected with the firm.
The agency has also sought the assistance of the Interpol to track and arrest all the suspects whose names have been compiled by the Federal Government and sent to the international police organisation.
Besides that, the Federal Government has triggered its Mutual Legal Assistance with the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the United Arab Emirate to track the suspects in the deal who might have taken refuge in those jurisdictions, and extradite them to face trial in Nigeria.