'Omokore gave me several cars in past 10 years' PDP chieftain says

chika ebuzor

March 4, 2016 5:22 AM

Secondus also described his detention by the anti-graft agency as a witch-hunt and pure political persecution.

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Secondus was arrested for allegedly receiving luxury vehicles worth N300 million from Omokore an associate of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The PDP chieftain said “I admitted to them that Mr. Jide Omokore has given me car gifts on several occasions in the last 10 years for my personal use.

“I want to state categorically that what I received from my friend, Jide Omokore, were cars and buses supplied by a well-known car company, Skymit Motors, apparently from a credit facility Mr. Omokore has with the company.

“I don’t have any knowledge of the so-called transaction the investigators are alleging he has with the NNPC.”

Secondus also described his detention by the anti-graft agency as a witch-hunt and pure political persecution.

Reports say Omokore confessed to the EFCC that he used proceeds from crude oil deals to purchase cars for some notable Nigerian politicans.

chika ebuzor