EFCC has arraigned former governors of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, and Imo State of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, before the Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged fraud charges on Wednesday.
Nyako, who was removed as Adamawa State Governor by the state House of Assembly on July 15, 2014, was arraigned along with his son, Abdul-Aziz who is also the senator representing Adamawa Central in the National Assembly, and others as well as five firms for fraud amounting to N29,099,430,879.92 (N29bn).
The prosecution alleged that between February 2011 and December 2014, the accused persons “collaborated in disguising the genuine origin” of a total of N24.725bn said to have been “derived from cheques issued in the name of Special Services Department/Mary P. and illegally placed under the control of Ma’aji Iro, the then Regional Manager of Zenith Bank Plc, North-East, Nigeria.
Simultaneously, the EFCC also arraigned Ohakim, who was governor of Imo State between May 2007 and May 2011, on three counts of money laundering. He was accused of making cash payment of $2,290,000 (an equivalent of N270,000,000) for the purchase of a property at 60, Kwame Nkrumah Street, at Plot No 1098, Cadastral Zone A04, Asokoro District, Abuja.
He pleaded not guilty to the three counts of money laundering charges involving alleged making cash payment of $2,290,000 (an equivalent of N270m) for the purchase of a property at 60, Kwame Nkrumah Street, at Plot No 1,098, Cadastral Zone A04, Asokoro District, Abuja.
The former governor, who was accused of making the cash payment in November 2008, was also accused of collaborating with Tweenex Consociates H.D. Ltd. to conceal or disguise the ownership of the property which was allegedly derived from an illegal act.
The fraud was allegedly perpetrated by the former governor “by instructing the drafting and signing of a sales agreement over the said property between one Mukhtari Isa Maidabino and Tweenex Consciates H.D. Limited and also a tenancy agreement between Tweenex Consociates H.D. Ltd. and Chief Ikedi Ohakim over the same property” on November 14, 2008.
Ohakim was also accused of failing to make a full disclosure of his assets by not declaring his ownership of the said property while he was under arrest by the EFCC on January 26, 2013.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola also adjourned hearing of Ohakim's bail application filed by Ohakim, who is being prosecuted by Festus Keyamo, till Thursday(today).
In the separate proceedings, Justice Chukwu and Justice Ademola ordered the accused persons to be remanded in the EFCC custody pending the hearing of their bail applications.
Source : NAN and Punch
WHAT A SHAME..BIG DISGRACE but like they always do,they will disgrace them a little and clear them of the charges.Na siddon look i dey.
Nigeria has no liver to jail corrupt politicians.
GUD FOR DEM HOPE WE HEAR DE TRUTH ABT DS LATER....TOMJERRYSWIT
ReplyDeleteSee money
Delete@Ohakim use 9ja money do wedding for him daughter dem.
Na wa oo
See Father and son?.....dem join forTifry.
@Galore
Everyday is for the thief...
DeleteOhakim is a learner where nyako is!
DeleteDem plenty ooo. they should come for all of them including those in the private sectors. their own too much.
ReplyDeleteNigeria has suffered much in the hands of oles
Ok ooo
ReplyDeleteWho will jail them?....they are all birds of the same feather...
ReplyDeleteLater they will say aboki is not corrupt...imagine one person stealing 29 billion naira...
Jesu!...
Stop reasoning like a fool.
DeleteAre you blind to the corruption that took place under GEJ?
Corruption is not peculiar to just one tribe. Was the Abacha and Babangida administration not corrupt? Idiot. Leave Buhari out of this. When he proves to be corrupt, we will call him corrupt.
Anonymous AFO sa GI there!! Onye nzuzu , did u see her write "buhari "anywhere, defender of the universe .
DeleteOhakim?.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha.
U see am?
Asï gi weputa ego,iju,Na Eli ya soso gi.
Ngwanu,o setigo
Lol! I pity him. Festus Keyamo will go hard on him.
DeleteI love this woman... Hahahaha you haff murdered me with this igbo.
DeleteAfter arraigning them what next? D story will die away and that's it.....
ReplyDeleteSHAME ON AFRICAN LEADERS.
ReplyDeleteNo liver at all.
ReplyDeleteEFCC has not convicted any corrupt governor. At the end of brouhaha, they will be asked to pay a ridiculous amount.
God dey!
After granting them bail...that ends it.
ReplyDeleteBut eh, Mr Nyako finished Adamawa State even his wives benefitted from his govt.
Hmmmm...justice shld prevail biko.
ReplyDelete270 million and 29billion? Ha! THIEVES!!!
ReplyDeleteNa wa oh!! Didnt Ohakim's daughter just get married? Such a traumatic start to married life..... Dimeji Bankole was also arraigned and what came out of it? Forgive me if I sound bland or blase but I think this is just power play acting out...
ReplyDeleteAwon ole Oshi. Serves them right.
ReplyDeleteAll of them are the same
ReplyDelete127m
29b
Nigerian politicians should fear God
I really have problem with the way EFCC charges corrupt politicians they're too fast to place charges at the end nothing comes out of it. Their investigations are not truly done or they lack proper investigative tactics to pain down looters. EFCC need to change their prosecutors like Festus Keyamo they are not good enough reason most of their cases do not see the light of the day. With all the governors and politicians being prosecuted the past years none has been jail it means prosecutors are not good enough. Look at Ohakim being prosecuted for 270M and being bailed same time with 270M with all the money he stole from Imo state treasury is just 270M and Abuja houses they could find as evidence jokers. During Ohakim regime Imo state fund with bank PHB and Imo road rural agency was drawn to zero with his fake contracts using joint account allocation(Jaac)he was involved in loan/bond scams putting Imo state into debt of more than 500billion naira. The state was run like family business by him,wife and his brother Emma.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to Ohakim properties in South Africa and also UK,US? That man need to be in jail. PMB really need to change EFCC leader fast if he want to bring corruption to its minimal.
Can one imagine the enormous billions these looters of the public purse pile up for themselves and their great, great, great grand children yet unborn? Little wonder the system stinks to the high heavens: the educational system is in shambles; the hospitals lack basic syringes, cotton balls and oxygen; light/power is non-existent; the roads are now death traps stealing the best talents by the day. Where does it end? Infact, these are the real enemies of the people; the new colonial masters, who wear black masks/look like the people, but whose hearts are far removed from the people and their suffering. This situation is #goodcausefortrouble.
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