Incredible Twist! EFCC Drastically Reduces N2.6B Fraud Case Against Aare Arisekola’s Son Abdullahi To N220m For Lack Of Substance!

…inside story of the dramatic turn providing respite

After experiencing much vilification, bad press and image turbulence over the years for an alleged N2.6Billion subsidy fraud, there appears light at the end of the tunnel – the charges against Abdullahi, the son of late Islamic leader Aare Arisekola Alao is now drastically reduced.

And wait for the reason….for lack of substance!.

Fresh information filtering in revealed that prosecuting agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( E.F.C.C) was forced to take the drastic decision of amending the charges over inability to substantiate trumpeted accusations against Abdullahi and his associates.
Abdullaa Societynowng.com learnt the anti corruption agency which took a lot of shine over the years in the high profile case is now quietly attempting to make an amended charge of attempt to defraud N220m to stick!.

And interestingly, the prosecution agency is said to be ‘having a hard time’ proving the new charges as well.

Information available to societynowng.com background one of dramatic turns in the case to when major witnesses recanted – and admitted making false witness against Abdullahi Alao under duress.
Digs by societynowng.com turned up a dailyindependent report which corroborated this assertion.

The report reads in part ‘the prosecution witness, Okechukwu Opo, a surveyor at the General Marine Oil Services(GMO), turned on the prosecution and alleged he was threatened by the anti-graft agency to deny his earlier statement that he indeed signed the Empty Tank Certificate of MT Brave Vessel.
He said “I signed the Empty Tank Certificate (ETC). When I was invited by EFCC to their office in Abuja for interrogation, my first statement where I wrote I signed the ETC, was torn in their office. They asked me why I signed the ETC. They threatened me that they would detain me if I agreed that I signed it. They said I am a young man and has bright future that I should write a second statement that the ETC was forged. That was why I wrote that it was forged because I feared for my life.’

The development and related baffling occurrences had reportedly pulled the rug off the E.F.C.C’s initially allegation of N2.6billion subsidy fraud premised on claims of forged documents.

Bewilderingly part of Abdullahi Alao’s defence is centred on assertions that if allegations of forgery against him should be gone by, then it defies logic he would commit a crime to suffer business loss.

According to keen followers of the case ‘computing his gains using the allegations of forged documents Abdullahi earned less…but with the documents they claimed are original he earned more in subsidy payment…the correlation between forging documents to commit a crime in the allegations against him is what the defence wants established by his accusers’

Sources divulged that the continuing twists in the case are gradually bringing respite and redemption to his name and reputation for the son of the late Aare Arisekola Alao.

‘But it is not yet uhuru for him’ a source divulged and explained ‘because of the tension in the petroleum industry, until the case is done with….he and his defence lawyers have to continue to questions grey areas in the case, continue to the questions that has brought them this far in court’ a keen observer divulged.

Low profile and taciturn, Abdullahi Alao with emerging fresh information appeared victim of societal frenzy for news about profile individuals – and their relatives or associates involvements in this or that scandal, except prosecuting agency E.F.C.C throws up a earth shaking revelation to arrest its slipping case against the son of the late walker influential walker of the corridor of power and his associates.