Good Friend, Tayo Ayeni Reveals How Embattled Omokore Used Skymit To Dole Out Over $8million Cars To Friends, Others In $1.6billion Fraud Case

Details of some of the mind-boggling purchases made by embattled Oil Baron Jide Omokore are far from over.

Good friend Tayo Ayeni made more startling revelations in open court.

The billionaire auto dealer is one of the prosecution witnesses in the $1.6billion oil fraud case against Omokore.

Ayeni, a well-known friend of Omokore made his disclosures on Thursday in the ongoing case at the Federal High Court, Abuja presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba.

The Chief Executive Officer at Skymit motors provided details of the mega purchases Omokore used business outfit – Atlantic Energy – to dole out to friends and associates when he was led in evidence by Senior Lawyer Rotimi Jacobs, the counsel to prosecuting agency, Economic And Financial Crimes Commission.

The EFCC is prosecuting Omokore alongside Victor Briggs, Abiye Membere, David Mbanefo, Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts in a nine count amended charge criminal diversion of to the tune of $1.6billion alleged to be proceeds of petroleum products belonging to the federal government.

According to reports available, Ayeni detailing some of the flamboyant purchases made by his embattled friend stated Omokore purchased series of cars from his company, to which he (Ayeni) received credit flow of over $8million between 2010 and 2015.

According to the skyemit boss while led in evidence while establishing the relationship between the duo “I know Omokore for the past 32 years and we have been a business partner for over 24 years. The transaction between my company and the defendant’s company was the supply of vehicles to him”.

The report according to societynow.ng obtained from theelitesng.com reads further ‘’Explaining how the cars were supplied, Ayeni said, “Before 2015, the defendant was one of our customers. He used to order cars and we supply to him. Sometimes he pays cash advance and sometimes in credit”.

The PW7 stated that, “after the defendant had placed his order – the type, make of cars and possibly the colour; we make delivery directly to him (Omokore) and sometimes through his company staff”.

He added that deliveries of cars were usually not made to third party except on customer’s request.

“We don’t make deliveries to third party except our customer asks us to do so”, he said.

Going further, the witness said “We sold to the defendant Mercedes Benz S550 at the cost of N26million in the name of Mbanefo David/Chief Omokore and another Mercedes M350 at the cost of 23million in the name of Nneka Bricks.

Rotimi sought to tender the statement of account of the witness for July 2014, which contained names of individuals including Uche Secondus, Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who were supplied with cars on the order of Omokore, but was overruled following an objection by counsel to the 3rd defendant.

On the number of vehicles supplied to a third party on the order of Omokore, the PW7 stated that the cars were supplied in batches of 25, 9, 22 and 20 pickups.

He told the court that, he could not recall the actual amount involved in the purchase of the cars adding that different sums were credited to his company’s account on different dates.

Reading from ‘Exhibit 1’, a document already in evidence before the court, Ayeni said: “$1.26million was credited to Skymit. Other payments received from the defendant’s Sky Bank account include – $1millon on November 6, 2013; Two payments of $1million each on July 8, 2014; $1.5million on August 11, 2014 and $1million on September 17, 2014”.