Embattled Comptroller-General from the Nigeria Customs
Service, abdullahi dikko inde, who has an wavering
case of certificate forgery holding on his
neck, has been named in a very fresh allegation
of obtaining numerous
naira from an Abuja-based businessman under a false pretence.
In a petition to be able to President Goodluck Jonathan, dated August 30, 2010, the
businessman, Omelu Charles Chinweuba, said through his
law firm, Festus Keyamo,
that Dikko’s proxy obtained approximately
N7 million coming from him purportedly as
check for abandoned containers the
Customs was about to auction.
According to the request, a lawyer
to Dikko, Barrister Amobi Nzelu, visited Chinweuba in his office from the Wuse District of Abuja
throughout February and claimed to be acting regarding the Customs’ boss.
Nzelu, a controversial figure, who was engaged inside the fraudulent court judgment
by Dan Abutu that legitimized Musa
Yar’adua’s prolonged absence from your
country, is known to be described as a close ally of Alhaji Dikko.
In fact, he represented Dikko in fighting Keyamo
over the certificate forgery scandal. At
the time, he wrote a request to Jonathan, the State Security
Service and the Inspector
General of Police alleging that Keyamo was
after his life.
The businessman, convinced that he was earning a living for Dikko
and that the
organization was genuine, went ahead to pay Nzelu the sum of N6, 850, 000, in six installments, allegedly for onward
transfer to the customs boss.
Nzelu, the petition said, failed to deliver your containers as he
stated. Chinweuba then contacted Dikko
straight after he realized which the Abuja-based lawyer had no agency
relationship with all the
Nigeria Customs Service for the sale of any
box.
‘Further investigations equally revealed which the duo of Amobi Nzelu as well as Alhaji Abdullahi Inde Dikko have defrauded so
many Nigerians of their money
when using the same means,
‘ the document explained.
It said following protests simply by Chinweuba, and a threat to be able to report Nzeulu to law enforcement agencies, ‘Dikko invited our Client’s
Taking care of Director and
accepted to pay our client the
value illegally defrauded and all our client’s expenses. ‘.