Nengite Debunks Money Laundering Allegation …Blames Mischief Makers

Matilda Omonaiye/

Mischief makers have been blamed for spreading false reports of money laundering involving Mrs Chizoba Vivian Nengite, the wife of Brig-Gen. Charles Nengite.

Mrs Nengite’s lawyers told NewsmakersNG in a statement today that the reports being circulated on social, electronic and print media are fake.

The statement says: “The said publications specifically stated that monies ranging from between $USD11Million to $USD15Million was found in our Client’s private account in the United States of America and that our Client is under investigation by the authorities in the United States of America. The false publication has caused our Client and our Client’s family a lot of undue embarrassment thus necessitating the need to refute the wrong information now in the public domain.

“We wish to state unequivocally on behalf of our Client that the information is not true. At no time was such an amount of money or any huge sums of money found in our Client’s account to warrant the false and malicious publication. Our Client was never at any time invited, interrogated or questioned by the authorities in America as falsely claimed in the said publications. The false information in the public domain is only an imagination in the mind of mischief-makers. Our Client is a law-abiding citizen and it is disheartening that the image of our Client is being tarnished by mischief makers whose jaundiced publications and statements have had a negative impact on our Client‘s emotional wellbeing and family reputation.

“We have advised our Client on her fundamental rights and will in due course take appropriate steps to seek legal redress against persons found to be culpable in sponsoring and/or publishing this false information.”