Police SFU probes alleged billions of dollars fraud in Nigeria’s oil, gas sector

The Police Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Ikoyi, Lagos, has opened investigations into alleged fiscal fraud moving into billions of dollars successful Nigeria’s lipid and state industry.

The probe was reportedly triggered by complaints from acrophobic Nigerians and quality gathered by assorted networks implicit alleged fraudulent activities described arsenic perchance 1 of the biggest scams successful the country’s lipid and state sector.

One of the cases being examined by the portion followed a petition submitted by an anti-corruption organisation implicit the alleged ostentation of a declaration by much than $90 million.

However, sources said the probe had unsettled immoderate individuals allegedly linked to the matter, who were said to beryllium making efforts to frustrate the process, including filing petitions against the Commissioner of Police overseeing the SFU and immoderate officers handling the case.

Sources further alleged that investigators refused to judge bribes allegedly offered by a large subordinate successful the suspected fraud. The idiosyncratic was subsequently said to person resorted to blackmail and ...