Daga MAHDI MUSA MUHAMMAD
Tsohon babban ma’aikacin Kamfanin Man Fetur na Nijeriya (NNPCL), Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo, na fuskantar ɗaurin shekaru 25 a gidan yari a ƙasar Amurka, bayan da aka same shi da laifin badaƙalar cin hanci na dala miliyan 2.1 da ke da alaƙa da cinikin mai na kamfanin Addaɗ, wani reshen Sinopec na ƙasar Switzerland.
A cewar wata sanarwa daga ofishin lauyoyin Amurka da ke tsakiyar yankin California, Okoronkwo, wani lauya mai shekaru 58, an same shi da laifuka uku da suka haɗa da hada-hadar kuɗi, da ƙin biyan haraji, da kuma tuhume-tuhume ɗaya na kawo cikas ga shari’a.
An tsayar da hukuncin nasa zuwa ranar 1 ga Disamba, 2025.
Takardun kotun sun bayyana cewa a watan Oktoban 2015, Okoronkwo ya karɓi dala 2,105,263 a asusun kamfanin lauyoyinsa daga Addaɗ Petroleum.
An gabatar da biyan kuɗin ne a matsayin kuɗaɗen tuntuɓar juna don tattaunawa kan yarjejeniyar sasantawa da NNPC dangane da haƙƙin haƙo man Addaɗ a Nijeriya.
Sai dai kuma masu gabatar da kara na Amurka sun ce “shawarar” ba komai ba ne illa yaudarar cin hanci da rashawa. Wasiƙar da ake kira alƙawari tsakanin kamfanin Addaɗ da kamfanin Okoronkwo, wanda ya jera adireshin bogi na Legas an bayyana shi a matsayin wani yunƙuri na rufe haramtacciyar ciniki.
Ma’aikatar Shari’a (DoJ) ta jaddada cewa an biya kuɗin ne domin tasirin Okoronkwo wajen samar da ingantacciyar yarjejeniyoyin mai a Nijeriya.
Bayan shirin karɓar cin hancin, masu gabatar da ƙara sun zargi Okoronkwo da laifin cire cin hancin dalar Amurka miliyan 2.1 daga cikin kuɗaɗen harajin sa na Gwamnatin Tarayya a shekarar 2015 da gangan, wanda ya zama kaucewa biyan haraji.
An kuma yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai bayan an zarge shi da yin ƙoƙarin yaudarar masu bincike tare da ɓoye asalin kuɗaɗen.
DoJ ya ce, abin da ya yi ya kai ga wani shiri na hada-hadar kuɗi da ya karya dokokin yaƙi da cin hanci da rashawa na Nijeriya da Amurka.
Matsalolin Okoronkwo sun fara ne a watan Janairun 2024, lokacin da wata babbar kotun tarayya ta Amurka ta tuhume shi kan laifuffuka biyar, da suka haɗa da halatta kuɗaɗen haram, ƙin biyan haraji, da kuma daƙile shari’a.
A Nijeriya, tuni tsohon jami’in na NNPCPL ya fuskanci kakkausar suka dangane da yadda ya shiga harkokin cinikin mai na haram.
