by Halliburton and four other firms.
There were strong indications that Aondoakaa might be detained by the anti-graft agency.
The ex-AGF was taken into the interrogation room at about 2pm yesterday.
Aondoakaa’s invitation has increased the number of Senior Advocates of Nigeria under investigation on Halliburton settlement agreement and fines to five.
Those who have been interrogated by the EFCC are a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, J.B Daudu (SAN), Mr. E.C Ukala (SAN), Chief Godwin Obla (SAN), D.D. Dodo (SAN) and a top shot of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Roland Ewubare.
The breakdown of the $200 million remittances by the five companies are as follows: Julius Berger ($35 million); Siemens (Euros 30 million); Snamprogetti ($30 million); Halliburton Energy Services ($32,500,000); and Japan Gasoline Corporation ($26, 500,000).
The EFCC had uncovered how $32.5 million (N13, 585,000,000) from the $200 million fines from Halliburton Energy Services was allegedly paid into a private account.
The whereabouts of the N13.5 billion cash was unknown as at the time of filing this report.
The search for the missing N13.5 billion has shifted to the United States (U.S.) as the EFCC was determined to locate the whereabouts of the fines.
Although Ewubare claimed that $20 million out of the $32.5 million had been remitted into a Federal Government account, the EFCC could not locate the said account.
According to a highly-placed source, Aondoakaa was being grilled because the settlement agreement was allegedly initiated when he was in office as the AGF.
The source said: “We have gone far in our investigation of the Halliburton scam. This is why we have invited Aondoaaka, who played a part in it.
“The ex-AGF has made useful statement in the last six hours. We may likely detain him to enable him give us a comprehensive brief.
culled from The Nation
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