Alleged Fraud: ICPC Drags Imo APC Reps Candidate, Abazu, To Appeal Court News
North/South federal constituency of Imo State in the 2023 general election, Mr. Abazu Chika Benson, to the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja in a bid to overturn the no-case submission held by an High Court in his favour.
In the Appeal No: 786/2019 of which all the records have now been transmitted to the Court of Appeal, the ICPC presented three grounds of appeal, which it said were enough to upturn the High Court’s ruling.
The proof of evidence attached by the ICPC further showed that while still a public servant and against the code of conduct for Public Officers, Abazu registered a company, Transtell Nigeria Limited, through which he collected the bribes and was the sole signatory to the account of the company.In counts three and six, the anti-corruption agency also alleged that Chika Abazu Benson also asked for and received of N4, 000, 000:00 and N3, 000, 000:00 respectively from the same contractor.
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