Alleged $16m Money Laundering: US Demands Extradition Of Nigerian Serving General
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Justice Department of United States of America (USA) is relying on the extradition treaty between her and Nigeria to get a serving General, Brigadier Charles Nengite, back on her soil to face multiple criminal charges of conspiracy, money laundering and stealing of over $16m (N6,208,000,000.00).
He is wanted in the USA on indictment already filed before the district court in the district of Maryland, on charges of conspiracy, money laundering and illegal transfer of over $16m to the USA to his wife’s bank account in the USA.
Brigadier General Charles Nengite is renowned for his brilliance, one of the finest of them all, but he is presently cooling his heels in detention.
To those who knew him, he was a very brilliant officer who was the best overall at the Army War College, USA three years ago.
According to reports, he allegedly benefitted billions of naira in contracts while he was serving as a Chief Security Officer to NDDC.
Meanwhile, his wife, Mrs. Chizoba Nengite has however denied allegations that between $11m and $16m was found in her bank account in the United States.
She also said allegations that she was being investigated for money laundering in America were false.
She threatened to seek legal redress against sponsors or publishers of such “false information”, even though there were reports last December that the Nigerian Army detained Brigadier-General Nengite following the discovery of $16m in a bank account belonging to her.
American authorities wondered how she could amass such wealth and invited her for questioning but there was no credible explanation to give for the millions of dollars in her account and they got across to their Nigerian counterparts who invited Charles Nengite.
Her lawyer, Mr. Taofik Adeleke said Mrs Nengite also denied reports that she was under investigation for money laundering by law enforcement agencies in the US.
Adeleke said, “A false allegation by unknown sources was made against our client insinuating that our client was involved in money laundering activities.
“The said publications specifically stated that monies ranging from between $11m to $15m was found in our client’s private account in the United States of America and that our client is under investigation by the authorities in the United States of America.
“The false publication caused Mrs Nengite and her family a lot of undue embarrassment thus necessitating the need to refute the wrong information now in the public domain.
“We wish to state unequivocally on behalf of our client that the information is not true.
“At no time was such an amount of money or any huge sums of money found in our client’s account to warrant the false and malicious publication.”
According to Adeleke, the woman had “never at any time been invited, interrogated or questioned by authorities in America as falsely claimed in the said publication.
“The false information in the public domain is only an imagination in the mind of mischief makers.”
Gen. Nengite was said to have been held by the Army’s Special Investigations Bureau, a department that handles matters relating to fraud and money laundering.
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