Money Laundering Allegation: Lawyer Calls On EFCC, ICPC To Probe Ogun SSG,Talabi
A claimed legal practitioner, Femi Oniyide has accused the Secretary to the Government of Ogun State over alleged various money laundering perpetrated through a company known as Superflux International Ltd, calling on EFCC ICPC and other agencies that deal with corruption to probe him.
The petitioner claimed that the SSG was alleged of connived with Access Bank Plc, in which Talabi’s BVN is on the account, and noted that he has financial control over the account.
The allegations were raised by a legal practitioner Oniyide during a press conference with journalists at the NUJ secretariat on Monday in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Oniyide also alleged that Talabi through Superlux International Ltd, sometime in 2020, took lodgement of various sums of money from the Central Bank of Nigeria account of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC for the printing of ballot papers for elections in Nigeria.
He added that the alleged money was made in four tranches 19th of June 2020, for 47,449,290.90 per transaction making it 189,797,163.9 maintaining that the money, according to the description was meant for “INEC Electoral …4SS of Ballot P”.
The petitioner posited that what the EFCC and ICPC to address is how a man with an interested party in the election to be held in Ogun state, became the person to print the ballot papers to be used for the election. He asked.
He also asked if should an interested party be the same person to print ballot papers in an election involving his principals.
Oniyide also alleged that Covid-19 funds were also discovered in the Superflux International Ltd account, over which the SSG has financial control, he noted disclosed that 21,600,000:00 which was an onward transfer to Zimanel Global Enterprises with a description of Covid-19 food support
His words, ” I hereby put up this open petition against Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, Secretary to the Government of Ogun State, over various allegations of money laundering through a company account, known as Superflux in International Ltd with Access Bank Plc, which allegedly has his BVN and of which he has the financial control over.
“The part allegation was stories online that Superflux International Ltd, someone in 2020 took lodgement of various sums of money from the Central Bank of Nigeria account of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC for the printing of Ballot papers meant for election in Nigeria”.
The alleged payments were supposedly made in four tranches 19th of June 2020, for 47,449,290.90 per transaction making it 189,797,163.9 only. The amount according to the description was meant for “INEC Electoral …4SS of Ballot P”
The crux of the matter that we want to address by the EFCC, ICPC is how a company of a man who is an interested party in the election to be held in Ogun State, became the same person to print the ballot papers to be used for the election. We dare ask what legal or moral justification has the SSG, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, to present his company as a contractor to INEC for the printing of ballot papers? Should an interested party be the same person to print ballot papers in an election involving his principal and his party? I pray that the account of the company should be probed further beyond 2020 whether further contract for the supply of ballot papers was awarded to the company ”
He, therefore, posited that the SSG should defend himself on the allegations filed against him.
Meanwhile, after efforts to reach out to Mr. Tokunbo Talabi for his reactions on the allegations, said he would get back.
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