FUGITIVE NIGERIAN SOCIALITE WHO FLED FROM MONEY LAUNDERING AND CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY SCANDAL USING A GRENADA CBI PASSPORT ARRESTED UPON HER RETURN FROM THE UK

                                        

Remember our recent story, GRENADA ISSUES A CBI PASSPORT TO AN ACCUSED NIGERIAN MONEY LAUNDERER WHO IS A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE; SHE HAS A REPUTED RELATIONSHIP WITH GRENADA'S PRIME MINISTER DICKON MITCHELL (March 29, 2015)? That individual, AISHA SULAIMAN ACHIMUGU, was taken into custody this week, upon her 5 AM arrival back in her native Nigeria, coming from the United Kingdom. How Achimugu was able to obtain a Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passport, when, as a known Politically Exposed Person (PEP) linked to illicit payments to Opposition leaders, as well as her financial relationship with a number of known fraudsters, she was wanted for questioning.

The case is relevant to observers who are watching a number of scandals unfold, regarding the sale of economic passports by Caribbean states, because it demonstrates the use of CBI passports, which may feature slightly different personal information than the holder's legal name and identity, to evade and elude justice. In this case Ms. Achimugu used her Grenada CBI passport slip out of her country, whilst wanted at the time for questioning, as passport and immigration control officers, who were on alert to detain her, were presented with another identity altogether, allowing her to cheat justice, and actually enter the United Kingdom, again not identified as a person wanted by the Government of Nigeria. It is a historical fact that CBI passports are routinely employed by major financial criminals to evade arrest and prosecution, a truth often ignored by the investment migration industry, who disregards the danger that such travel documents pose to law and order.

By the way, Ms. Achimugu's relationship with Grenada's Prime Minister, DICKON MITCHELL remains an unanswered question, given her known involvement in serious international financial crime, both in Nigeria, and abroad, Did she use her influence to improperly secure her valuable CBI passport? We cannot say, but perhaps her criminal case in Nigeria may provide some answers, stay tuned.