BREAKING NEWS… $43.4m Cash Haul: EFCC Operatives Storm NNPC Official, Nnamdi-Ogbue’s Abuja Residence

The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday afternoon stormed the Abuja residence of the former the former Managing Director of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and later Managing Director of NNPC Retail, Mrs. Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue who was retired last week.

According to THISDAY sources, the money totalling an estimated $43.4 million, comprising $43.3 million, N23 million and £27,000, all in cash, was discovered through a sting operation carried out by the anti-graft agency.

It was uncertain why the operatives were at her Abuja residence, but sources had initially said that the apartment in which the cash was found belongs to Mrs. Nnamdi-Ogbue.

However, when contacted a member of her family, Thursday, he vehemently denied that Mrs. Nnamdi-Ogbue owns the apartment and cash found in it.

The family member, who preferred not to be named, said that Mrs. Nnamdi-Ogbue and her family occupy Flat 2B in the building and that her husband and son were in the apartment complex at the time of the EFCC raid on Wednesday.

“They were actually at home yesterday (Wednesday), when they heard that EFCC officials were in the building. Nnamdi, her husband, had a slight fever and was at home with his son.

“No one ever came to their apartment at the time of the raid and I can confirm that Esther is in Abuja as we speak,” the family source said.