Oil Subsidy fraud: Ex PDP Chairman’s son bags 14 year jail

A Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced Mamman Nasir Ali, son of former PDP National Chairman Ahmadu Ali, and a Sierra Leonean, Christian Taylor, to 14 years in prison each for their roles in a N2.2 billion oil subsidy fraud.

Justice Mojisola Dada handed down the sentence after finding them and their company, Nass Man Oil Services Limited, guilty on 57 amended counts of conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence, forgery, and use of false documents — charges brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The EFCC first arraigned the defendants in 2012 on a 49-count charge, later amended, under the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Prosecutor Seidu Atteh told the court that the convicts fraudulently secured ₦2.2 billion from the Federal Government under the petroleum subsidy scheme in September 2011 by presenting forged documents, including a falsified “Gasoline Analysis” report for MT Overseas Limar.

Justice Dada described the evidence as compelling and said the convicts’ actions defrauded the government and undermined the credibility of Nigeria’s oil subsidy programme.