Thursday, 23 May 2013
Embattled Businessman Jimoh Ibrahim Interrogated By The EFCC
Law enforcement sources have told SaharaReporters that Lagos businessman Jimoh Ibrahim yesterday spent several hours at the offices of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) where he was interrogated on allegations of money laundering.
Mr. Ibrahim, who is currently embroiled in a growing public controversy over his reported crooked hijack of 51% shares of Newswatch magazine, was grilled over several questionable business transactions in Nigeria that enabled him to amass millions of dollars with which he established Energy Bank in Ghana and Sao Tome as well as purchased a private jet, Challenger 605 in 2009.
One EFCC source familiar with the investigation told SaharaReporters that Mr. Ibrahim appeared sufficiently prepared for the interrogation, having covered up his tracks.
SaharaReporters learnt that the businessman recently gathered all incriminating documents relating to money laundering and burnt them in the middle of the night. A source close to him disclosed that Mr. Ibrahim’s clothes caught fire and he sustained burns on 30 percent of his body.
An EFCC operative who saw Mr. Ibrahim said the scars of the fire incident were visible all over his hands.
After receiving the burns, Mr. Ibrahim invited a Lagos doctor, Dr. Paul Oriafor to treat him privately at home. He stayed out of public view until last Wednesday when he made a public appearance at his Energy House office in Lagos to celebrate the 19th year anniversary of his “Global Fleet” company. The event, which featured Pastor Samuel Kayode Abiara as the keynote speaker, turned into a disastrous spectacle. Mr. Ibrahim’s speech at the event was punctuated with biblical references. But in the middle of the speech, the shadowy businessman launched into a verbal attack of Newswatch magazine directors who have been having a public dispute with him over his stake in the magazine as well as his recent unilateral decision to suspend publication and relocate the magazine’s editorial offices. Other Newswatch directors like Ray Ekpu, Dan Agbese, Yakubu Mohammed and Soji Akinrinade are opposing Mr. Ibrahim’s decision to shut down the magazine. They allege that the businessman had yet to meet his financial obligations he agreed to when they sold him a slight majority stake in the magazine. A source close to one of the directors told SaharaReporters that “Jimoh Ibrahim is behaving like a bandit and wants to fraudulently hijack the magazine.”
At the event, Mr. Ibrahim openly cursed the Newswatch directors feuding with him. A source close to him disclosed to SaharaReporters that Mr. Ibrahim privately chafes at what he views as the directors’ hypocrisy and greed. “Ray Ekpu, Agbese and the rest of them played into Chief’s hands when they accepted 50 million naira each from him as gifts in order to pave the way for him to assume control. Chief Ibrahim feels that, after pocketing his huge gifts, the same directors cannot come back now to question how he wants to run a business in which he acquired controlling shares.”
The embarrassing spectacle at the 19th anniversary party took a different turn soon after the event closed. Mr. Ibrahim’s first wife, Modupe, engaged in a physical brawl with a female staffer, Bukola Ogundare, the head of administration of her husband’s Global Fleet Oil & Gas Limited business. She accused Mrs. Ogundare of having an affair with Mr. Ibrahim.
Meanwhile, fresh documents seen by SaharaReporters have shown that Mr. Ibrahim’s ownership of a private jet- N605GF may be in jeopardy as two US pilots who worked for the businessman have filed “mechanic liens” in a Nevada court against the jet.
The consequence is that the jet is liable to be seized if Mr. Ibrahim refuses to pay the two pilots, Barton Gault of Glendale, Arizona, and Joe Abrahamson of Phoenix, Arizona the sums of $54,814.74 and $30,522.40 respectively for services rendered since 2009.
Mr. Ibrahim bought the jet in 2009 through a shell company incorporated in New York. At the time of purchase, the jet was barely a year old.
In a related development, one of Mr. Ibrahim’s staff members has written a petition alleging that the businessman laundered funds meant for pensioners to buy the jet. Using a highly complex transaction, Mr. Ibrahim “wet-leased” the jet from the company in New York, Global Fleet 605, Inc. to his Global Fleet Company in Lagos.
Essentially, Mr. Jimoh is wet leasing the jet owned by him to his company in Lagos and getting paid for doing so. The US Federal Aviation Authority also lists the jet as not having Aircraft Geometric Height Monitoring Element (AGHME) since 2009.
mysterious death in global conglomerate- murder, assassination
Please throw more light on the death of Miss Onyeka Okeke, she was a close friend and I have been wondering about her sudden death.
The Newswatch greedy
Gbenga may not have been born before 1985 and also may not be good in history. But Gbenga should know that if you have to talk about the past you most learn about the past;(history).
Adeori
big thief
the goat jimoh ibrahim should be sentence to death for stealing, money laundering, buying of properties tru obasanjo and kill it, like nicon luxury Abuja formal lemeridien, air nigeria, newswatch, nicon insurance, and others, the stupid man is a big thief used by obasanjo another father of criminals, God will not let you fools go free.Efcc deal with him without pity.
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The Newswatch greedy
The Newswatch greedy directors go n hide yourselves in shame. When u sold a company that u did not start, what do u expect to get? Newswatch, we all know, was started by one kind Businessman from AKS. U did bite the hands that fed you... So Keep quite n enjoy ur dealings with Mr Jimoh Ibrahim.
When the money, a whopping 50Million was given to u, did u give Dele Giwa's family one naira or even the other directors or ur past and present Chairmen? No. Why? Because u are a bunch of greedy people. What say, do u really have in Newswatch? U have been paid off. 50 Million Naira each, by Mr Jimoh Ibrahim?. Nemesis has not even finished catching up with u.
Why could'nt u make newswatch the biggest and best selling news magazine of the whole world n of all time. No, of course not. How to expand, has never been in your vocabulary and of course, the question of GREED comes in. Jimoh Ibrahim has not finished dealing with you people. This is just d beginning!!!!!!
The Newswatch greedy
The Newswatch greedy directors go n hide yourselves in shame. When u sold a company that u did not start, what do u expect to get? Newswatch, we all know, was started by one kind Businessman from AKS. U did bite the hands that fed you... So Keep quite n enjoy ur dealings with Mr Jimoh Ibrahim.
When the money, a whopping 50Million was given to u, did u give Dele Giwa's family one naira or even the other directors or ur past and present Chairmen? No. Why? Because u are a bunch of greedy people. What say, do u really have in Newswatch? U have been paid off. 50 Million Naira each, by Mr Jimoh Ibrahim?. Nemesis has not even finished catching up with u.
Why could'nt u make newswatch the biggest and best selling news magazine of the whole world n of all time. No, of course not. How to expand, has never been in your vocabulary and of course, the question of GREED comes in. Jimoh Ibrahim has not finished dealing with you people. This is just d beginning!!!!!!
Eewo! They cannot touch you!
Eewo! They cannot touch you.Let them come in their millions.The only bad thing about jimo is that he doesn't pay me for these juju eh!Leaves are costly and witches now want to ride under civic before they release power.I heard you burnt your hand when you were using the last juju?It is because you lost your fire proof juju while doing it with the other woman!Jimo,jimo,heed the warning of orunmila,keep your rod and pay your staffs.
Thank you Sahara reporters
Thank you for this publication.Someone needs to be upright these days when the nation has lost all manner of decency and honesty.We heard the beast of marina is planing a commencement of local operations.Please make it a duty to inform NCAA of staff's outstanding salaries since june and the need for him to pay!
nigerian shouls stone jimoh ibrahim
Jimoh ibrahim is a thief, a murderer, a 419 man,who has destroyed so many homes, employ people without paying them salary, a tax evader, nigerians should stone him wherever seen, so that the power that protect him will run away. A
419
Stop befriending pastors and making fake donations to female footballers.You are a cultist and we know.A young man like you calls himself araba?God is above you.It is written"Arise o lord and let your enemies be scattered"
QUOTES OF THE ANTI-CHRIST WHO WENT TO HAVARD
"I didn't employ you to be rich,if you want to be rich,then look for another job"-Barrister Jimoh Ibro.
"I insist that salary is not the best form of staff motivation"-Araba.Is it a charity organisation?
"I never thought I could teach pilots and engineers a lecture on loyalty."Didn't they tell you that honesty to your staffs as to the position of the company is a form of loyalty and if the head is disloyal,then disloyalty of the body is justifiable?
"So kinfe,you need to buckle up"-jimoh ibarapa.If kinfe opens his mouth to talk,staffs would know you (jimoh)is the t that makes up the letter trouble in air nigeria.
"I could have named it igbotako"Is it not igbo(bush)already?The king whose reign turns streets to thorns will be remembered with a curse.
"They are thiefs"-JI.Then you are their mentor.Ole lo mese ole to.
I rest my case.Court!!!
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@sirshak u r jst an idiot 4 ur comment
I worked wit dis beast who calls himself human, he treats staffs like animals n dnt care abt dia welfare. Everything written abt him is true and correct, jimoh is d biggest scam. Till 2day he owes me n som staff btw N1.2m - N4m 4 car loans he deducted 4rm our salaries yet he sackd us 4 no reason, car nt given n so is d cash (case in court doh). W@ abt our payee; he does nt remit and 4 d 2yrs I workd no tax clearance certificate cos he neva paid even doh he deducted d money 4rm our salaries. I can go on n on n say many of his dirty deal. So sirshak beta shut ur guts or beta still dnt comment. U idiot hv d effontry 2 compare him wit d likes of dangote n dantata who emplos thousands of nigerians wit good staff welfare u mst b an ingrate n A̶̲̥̅ goat. Jimoh shld knw his doom is here unlesss he repents
SECURITY CONCERN IN AIR NIGERIA
Recently,the NCAA had to stop indigenous crew from operating on the Air Nigeria international flight to london due to their unpaid salaries as it constitutes a security breach.It was then the management resulted to paying little allowance(not salary)to those rostered to fly.There is no longer medical facility for staffs.Infact,an engineer of the airline was shot by armed robbers and could not be treated at the hospital after it was discovered that the previous bills were unpaid by the airline.The latest is that mass termination of employment is to take place soon as heads of department had already prepared lists of affected staffs.For an airline that generates close to 51 million on a daily basis,this is a sin and heaven will reject those who are responsible for making the hardworking staffs of the airline suffer this humiliation.NCAA needs to force the management to pay these outstanding salaries and even the cooperative funds the management took.
mysterious death in global conglomerate- murder, assassination
Jimoh killed miss onyeka okeke his global fleet mistress and staff. Jimoh assassinated the Nicon Insurance Plc, internal auditor, Jimoh killed Mr. Dafe onojovwo, the Chairman of National mirror editorial board of which Jimoh is the publisher. John Nnorom escapsed 4 assassins that tried to kill him few months back and now Jimoh has sent assassins after ray ekpu, dan agbese, soji akinrinad and yakubu mohammed, all directors of newswatch. Please, Nigerians, do not allow jimoh Ibrahim to kill these veterans of the media industry, the way that he killed Dele Giwa. Like charlse taylor, let united nation remember Jimoh Ibrahim, the Gold medal murderer.
Newswatch And Jimoh Ibrahim
It annoys me to read that people like Dan Agbese, Yakubu Mohammed and Soji Akinrinade are so gullible to be decieved by Jimoh Ibrahim in this age and time.Jimoh Ibrahim is a ruthless fraudster and a big thief,anyone who goes into partnership with him will forever regret it.He is never sincere in anything he ever does from Nicon Insurance,Air Nigeria etc.
Its a shame that a country like nigeria would bestow a National Award to such criminal.
Nigerians should wake up and get wise and see this Thief for who he is.
As he got his wealth fraudulently that is how his life really is,he is caused,anything he puts his hands into can never succeed.All his companies are in a mess,Jimoh cannot even run a nursery school successfully, so allowing him to own companies is the biggest mistake a nation can ever make.
Its only thiefs and fools who do bussiness with Jimoh Ibrahim because the end result would be they would be riped off by the criminal.
let EFCC recover the N35.5Billion diverted
Jimoh Ibrahim, the father of all thievies inNigeria and a blood ritualist pays kinfe kahassye the ceo of air nigeria N100Million. Kinfe is now being owed 4 months salary like other staff of air nigeria. if jimoh cannot pay salaries of his global fleet, let EFCC help recover the N35.5billion from his property investment. Jimoh is broke and he is looking for some indians to buy Nicon luxuary hotel, abuja. Let Nigerians be aware that this deadly thief is on the mission to dupe the indians. There must be somrthing in a name, JI=james Ibori in london jail, JI=Jimoh Ibrahim in Nigeria still wining and dinning. when will JI join his name sake in uk prison? God help us, JI is above the law in Africa.
fraudster of the century
when john Nnorom started the war to save 100 souls from flying coffin called air nigeria in the month of April 2012 before DANA plane crash, he was persecuted, blackmailed by Jimoh Ibrahim. Today, those souls were saved, air nigeria grounded by nigeria civil aviation authority based on the distressed financial condition of air nigeria. we later read that gecas has recovered 4 aircraft from air nigeria, Aesale recovered 2 aircraft, lufthansa technique suspended air nigeria local operations , staff salaries not paid for 4 months, IATA clearing house suspended air nigeria. The former Executive Director of finance was correct to have said that jimoh Ibrahim and air nigeria were in deep financial crisis. Nigerians help us now, Jimoh is destroying our homes
jimoh ibrahim is a corporate virus
The thief called Jimoh Ibrahim is a corporate virus. Like computer virus, once he is admitted into any company, he will destroy it. Jimoh ibrahim may be the man behind the assassination of dele Giwa. Newswatch directors should sack him immediately.Those passengers still flying his ACMI long haul flight should note that they have fake insurance cover, Chief Bailey his former Group Executive Director and Nigeria former insurance commissioner has resigned. anonymous
Jimoh Ibrahim will live to
Jimoh Ibrahim will live to regret this!
Just the beginning
Dele Giwa will be giggling in his grave for the showdown between his co-founders and the shrewd businessman for betraying him by selling his Child of his brain. And for Jimoh; restless grasshopper always rest in the belly of a bird.
RAY EKPU, DAN AGBESE, YAKUBU MOHAMMED, SOJI AKIRINADE ARE....
Those ex- Executive Directors of NEWSWATCH and CHIEF. ALEX AKINJIDE are all THIEVES. They sold the company for ONE BILLION NAIRA and pocketed the money. No shareholder was given anything.
Can these crooks tell 9ja people if they have ever declared profit since NEWSWATCH started in Nov. 1984? Did they contribute any amount to start NEWSWATCH? Was it not only Yakubu that had a job in Concord Newspaper when the paper started? Was Ray and Dan not dismissed from Sunday Times and New Nigerian respectively?
These four crooks and Alex Akinyele are never serious human beings. They used NEWSWATCH to blackmail governors et all to get money. Jimoh Ibrahim has bought 51% of NEWSWATCH and he has the power to run the company the best way he feels.
The owners of Tell, The News, Ovation and other magazines worked under these Four Crooks in NEWSWATCH. They left and started theirs and their magazines are growing from strenght to strength.
What a shame for RAY EKPU and his co- Animals!
THE TRUTH ABOUT AIR NIGERIA UNDER BUSINESS MUGUN
Prior to NCAA's suspension of Air Nigeria,fuel suppliers were not been paid promptly and the entire local and regional operation were almost crippled.They were permanent delays in salaries and staff benefits such as staff-travel facility were suspended indefinitely.Permanent staffs were being sacked and re-employed as contract staff under Total-Data.When the union of pilot and engineers intervened,he used his position to silence them by forcing staffs to sign a compulsory loyalty form nullifying the union as their rep and appointing a kangaroo forum.Recently,the cleaners walked out on the airline after months of unpaid bills leaving a cargo of refuse behind.The insignificant few left to operate his london flight have not been paid since April.Is jimoh a businessman?
ONLY BUHARI CAN DEAL WITH JIMOH & SUBSIDY THIEVES
Only Buhari can dael with crooks like Jimoh and the subsidy thieves. Jonathans hands are tied to all these funds by way of financing both his campaign and that of Obasanjo therefore its hard for them to expose or prosecute them as 90% of these crooks are only fronting for big shots in government just like the case of $1.3 Billion Malabu oil payment. I understand Buhari is already collecting data worth morethan $400 Billion stolen from Nigeria from 1980 to 2012 which he intends to recover and award contracts to first class companies for his transformation agaenda starting from 2015. but for now both Jimoh and oil/subsidy thieves are surely UNTOUCHABLE
RE: MRS.YEMISI AJAYI GO & MEND FENCE WITH UR HUSBAND IN IBADAN!
Madam Modupe Jimoh Ibrahim, kudos to you
for teaching the spoilt children lessons.
But you can go home and teach your husband
A better one, to stop digging filthy hands
Into public purse and stealing all in the
Name of "turn-around". You are sitting
down there spending people's money with,
And going about slapping citizens. Idiots!
If you try another one, I promise you, you'll
Be buried alive. Ole! Bosimilorun!
@ADEWOLE PHILLIPS, YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR HEAD EXAMINED
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT YOUR BRAIN IS UNDER YOUR FEET, BUT, YOU DONT HAVE TO MAKE IT THAT OBVIOUS. THE ISSUE IS ABOUT YOUR HERO JIMOH THE 419 NOT OTHERS. YOUR ATTEMPT TO DEFLECT THE ALLEGATION WILL NOT WORK, AND STOP WRITING CRAP JUST TO FILL THE SPACE. BE AN INTELLECTUAL PARTICIPANT NOT A DOUCHEBAG.
MAY THE SOUL OF DELE GIWA EXPOSE ALL THE ...........
My earnest prayer is the soul of Dele Giwa, the founder of Newswatch, expose all the mongo mongo going on there. Amen.
Show of Shame !!!
@Onyebuchiofairnigeria,
Ha ha ha ha
Money does not a better person make.
Pick a dog from the gutter and then give it all the money in the world, the dog will remain a dog.
Modupe Ibrahim please, what sort of ganja did you smoke before making the above post.
You think the money your thieving husband has stolen has suddenly made you and him some real human beings?
father of thieves. brother of satan
Jimoh. This is what you are. Rich and cursed. If ylou dolnt pay the 3 months saLary u are owing VK staff.
may ur entire body born before ur very eyes
Except u repent and change ur ways
I know your heart is hardened as Pharoahs hearst
But ur shame will be worse than his if u
Don't repent. The end is near. Jesus is coming back

