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Popular Actress Jittery As Investigators Circe Over Election Campaign Fund Fraud
….probe links to embattled ex minister, musiliu obanikoro
Information filtering in has it a popular actress is very unease at present.
And this development centres round investigators closing in to establish her involvement in raging investigation into alleged fraudulent conversion of arms funds to campaign monies for former president Goodluck Jonathan
The then National Security Adviser who reportedly handled the clandestine disbursements is currently undergoing prosecution, same for a handful of indicted former office holders and chieftains of the party formerly in charge of the Federal Government, People’s Democratic Party – PDP.
Many have opted to refund ill gotten funds traced to them to avoid prosecution.
Investigators are closing in on the actress on the premised she was ‘’mobilised’’ to co opt her colleagues into the former President Goodluck Jonathan campaign train.
Sources claimed probe into her dealings was initially road blocked by the death of a presidential aide she reportedly interfaced with during her engagement by the re election seeking occupiers of the presidency at the time.
‘’investigators interest waned at that time but fresh information linking her to former minister musiliu obanikoro renewed the interst’’ a source stated.
The former minister of state for defence is presently holed up abroad along with his sons, Gbolahan and Babajide – indicted along with their father – in the illegal arms funds deal.
Societynowng.com gathered the actress who barely escaped incarceration in jail recently is believed o have had dealings with the former minister that would help authority tightened the case against him.
Obanikoro has continue to strenuously assert his innocence in the face of mounting evidence from his investigators- the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
‘’Obanikoro’s stance has forced the EFCC to adopt the approach of the devil is in the details..they are working all angles to build a airtight case against him, they are exploring all angles, especially after he dared them to seek his extradition and you know to do that..you need more than an ordinary case’’ a source pointed out.
Societynowng.com learnt it is the case of building the extra ordinary case t hat investigators interest into the actress’ role in the campaign period became renewed.
Sources disclosed digs are still on determine and verify her entanglement with Obanikoro during the election federal and state election.
It is believed a bulk of the funds for prosecution of the pdp’s election in lagos state also came through the former minister of state.
The funds have been traced to illegal source as well.
The actress who has gone underground and is enmeshed in leadership crisis of her professional association is being probed as an illegal beneficiary of public fund.


