In February of 2006 I reported to the EFCC by way of a written petition a case of money laundering being carried out by one Ramzi Jubaili and a Lebanese owned company of which he Ramzi Jubaili was & still is the M.D.
I provided the EFCC with enough evidence to indict both parties afore mentioned; Statements of account, open cheques issued to individuals for between N10m-N20m that were cashed over the counter.
These transactions totaled over USD8.5m of which I was able to provide documentation for about USD2.5m.
How did I come about these facts? Well I was the Admin & Finance manager up till March 2005 yet all these were done without my knowledge because I was not computer literate & so my accountant was given directions as to how to make the entries.
To cut a long story short the EFCC assigned one Michael Obafemi to the case but no sooner had this been done when suddenly the M.D Ramzi Jubaili took off to Lebanon & did not return till about a year later.
When Obafemi started or pretended to have started his investigation he was in contact with me for the 1st six or seven months. During that time I gave the EFCC my ALL. I told them that my suspicion was 1st aroused because 1) none of the recipients was a trading partner 2) cheques of over N10m were cashed over the counter 3) a special account by which these transactions were translated into dollars was created. I even gave the name of the recipient bank in Lebanon that if need be they call on the Interpol to requisition the statement of account from the bank under the name of Jubaili Bros SAL. & the exact entries as specified in the company's statement under the name
About Sept. of 2006 when I stopped hearing from Obafemi & he would no longer take my calls, I sent an e-mail to the EFCC which probably caused Lamorde the Lagos operations director to invite me over but he had nothing tangible to say other than that there was no need for my PUBLICATION as he called my e-mail.& that the matter was being looked into. Lamorde said that the banks were being slow in their request for information as to the recipients of the cheques issued by Jubaili Bros engineering ltd. I wondered why it was taking the EFCC so long to get such information especially when you know that they can bulldoze their way through almost anywhere.
The next thing that happened was that Obafemi's phone numbers were no longer available. He obviously had changed his numbers. I sent numerous e-mails without any formal response but some idiots would call at ungodly hours telling me to be careful.
It is only natural & normal for petitioners to be informed by the investigating agency of its findings but not in this case; I was left in the dark.
The EFCC will make a lot of noise about the high profile cases but with cases like mine where we small people cannot make much noise they do their chop chop, settlements galore etc.
One of the most annoying aspects of all this is the fact that I approached some journalists & they compromised the situation. I even gave one of them called Maxwel Odita some money &(I have proof of this) which he has not refunded since he compromised the issue.
Please be assured that I do not mind if my name is publicized as I am not scared of anyone & it would be a delight if this gets to Farida Waziri as I still have all the facts.
Please don’t mix me up with the other Patrick Doyle although he's my younger brother.
Thank you,
Patrick O. Doyle
08055668883
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