BEVERLY HILLS, November 6, (THEWILL) – Oil billionaire and founder of Aiteo Group, Mr. Benedict Peters is now a free man and can formally return to Nigeria at his convenience following the removal of his name from the list of wanted persons by the Nigerian government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, who had previously declared him wanted on multiple alleged infractions.
Mr. Peters and his company, Aiteo Group had recorded victories in court against the EFCC, including getting a judicial order to get his name off the agency’s wanted list as the African billionaire fought doggedly to purge himself of the alleged infractions, accusing the anti-graft agency of with-hunt and bias in its bid to present him as a business front for former Petroleum Resources Minister, Allison Madueke.
A top Nigerian government source who confirmed the development to THEWILL Tuesday, said Peters’ is no longer on the government’s wanted list and is free to return to Nigeria without fear of being harassed or intimidated.
Sources close to Mr. Peters told THEWILL that he welcomes government’s decision, adding that the billionaire would formally return to the country “in a few weeks.”
The EFCC has also delisted his name from its most wanted persons’ list on its website, two years after the African billionaire was listed.
THEWILL recalls that Justice Othman Musa, had in his March 22, 2018 ruling in the suit filed by Peters challenging his declaration as a wanted person, voided the action of the agency and subsequently ordered the EFCC to delist his name from its website.
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