Three mansions in Los Angeles, 2 high-end apartments in New York City, 3 properties in California, 43 apartments in Banana Island, 58 vehicles, the Galactica Star yacht, and three private jets seized from Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore
A Lagos federal high court has granted an injunction permitting the federal government to freeze all assets owned by two wanted Nigerian businessmen, Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, and their company Atlantic Energy. The individuals, who are still on the run, are linked to the embattled former Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, all in a cobweb of shady oil business dealings that illegally transferred Nigerian crude oil assets to themselves and their companies.
kola Aluko with Jamie Foxx
According to documents, obtained by SaharaReporters, the legal documents demanded a global freeze of the sum of $1.8 billion in assets stolen by Atlantic Energy executives Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore. This latest development follows reports that Mr. Aluko has sold his lavish Bel-Air mansion in Los Angeles, USA at a $2 million loss.
Mr. Omikore, is also under scrutiny by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC recently seized a 2 million pound wristwatch from him on April 27th, 2016 and raided his Nigerian homes on October 2nd, 2015.
The infamous Atlantic Energy company was granted substantial oil contracts by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) under the directives of former Minister for Petroleum Resources Diezani Allison-Madueke. Reports has it that when Mrs. Madueke granted Atlantic Energy contracts through the Strategic Alliance Agreements (SAA) the company did not even legally exist.
Legal documents obtained by SaharaReporters showed that, Mr. Aluko and Mr. Omikore, criminally amass more than $1.7 billion in revenues from the Nigerian government.
Targeted assets in the legal documents include three 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, and three airplanes.
Kola’s Yatch
