A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Maurice Iwu, has urged a federal court in Lagos to transfer his N1.2 billion alleged...
, Maurice Iwu, has urged a federal court in Lagos to transfer his N1.2 billion alleged fraud case to Abuja due to ‘old age’.
But counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, opposed the request saying that the case was investigated in Lagos and the witnesses to be called are in Lagos and Ibadan. According to the EFCC, Mr Iwu, a professor, between December 2014 and March 2015, aided the concealment of the fund in the account of Bioresources Institute of Nigeria Limited with number 1018603119, domiciled in the United Bank for Africa.
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