Omokere, alongside Victor Briggs, Abiye Membere, and David Mbanefo were docked on a nine-count criminal charge bordering on diverting about 1.6bn dollars alleged to be part of proceeds for sale of illegal petroleum products.
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Ibrahim Magu, the EFCC Acting Chairman, made this known in an interactive session with Newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.
Speaking against the backdrop of the denial of his restated position that the past administration stole the country blind, the Vice President said the facts have long before been in the public domain and that some people are being prosecuted based on this
Omokore is an ally of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke.
Justice Olatoregun gave the order on Tuesday
The transaction means a $15 million loss on the property
The companies are Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nig. Ltd, and Atlantic Energy Brass Development Ltd.
Those already on trial over the alleged fraud are an oil mogul and ally to the ex-Minister, Jide Omokore; former Managing Director of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, Victor Briggs; former Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Abiye Membere; former Manager, Planning and Commercial of the NNPC, David Mbanefo
The Skye Bank Plc management, according to TheCable also indicted Akinsola Akinfewa, Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti and Oguntayo, all former GMDs of the bank; the Chairman of Forte Oil Plc, Femi Otedola; Festus Fadeyi; and Jide Omokore, the Chairman of Atlantic Energy and business partner of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the letter to Osinbajo
Some of the money laundered through the United States and which had been used to acquire assets are now the subject of a forfeiture bid by the United States Justice Department
But her warning was not heeded as Aluko went on to buy Galactica Star, a luxury yacht, for $80 million
Investigators in the US have tied the properties to contracts awarded by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, between 2011 and 2015
Omokore is standing trial along with Victor Briggs, a former Managing Director, National Petroleum Development Company; Abiye Membere, a former Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production at the NNPC; and David Mbanefo, a former Manager, Planning and Commercial at NNPC, for a $1.6 billion fraud.
Omokore was arraigned alongside Victor Briggs, Abiye Membere, and David Mbanefo, on an amended nine-count charge of diversion of money
Justice Dimgba had on April 26, 2017 granted Omokore permission to travel abroad for medical treatment
Matashi, whose evidence started on Wednesday as second prosecution witness, stated that while the total value of the transaction as at 2014 was $823,750,159, Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Limited could not meet up with its cash call for operations and training, which made NPDC, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, to use funds in its account to clear outstanding payments
Omokore is facing trial over $1.6 billion fraud alongside Victor Briggs, Abiye Membere, David Mbanefo, Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited
He shed light on the nature of his engagement with the NNPC, which involved the strategic direction of the oil firm and all its subsidiaries, including the Port Harcourt refinery, Warri refinery, Kaduna refinery, Pipelines and Products Marketing Company Limited, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, Integrated Data Services Limited and National Petroleum Investment Management Services.
Oothers charge with Omokore were Victor Briggs, Abiye Membere, David Mbanefo, Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited
They are being charged on four counts of Money Laundering