The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned six persons accused of N20 billion fraud in the Police Pension Scheme.
In a statement signed by the EFCC spokesperson, Tony Orilade, on Tuesday, he said the accused were arraigned before Justice Hussein Yusuf of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on an amended 18-count charges of criminal breach of trust.
Mrs Attang, a former chief accountant in the police pension office, is standing trial for theft and abuse of office. The EFCC believes the accused persons used their offices to divert the said amount sourced from the Nigeria Police Pension funds in the account domiciled at First Bank of Nigeria Plc for personal use.The EFCC said the offences are punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code Act Cap, 532, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria 2007.
The sureties, the judge also said, must live within the jurisdiction of the court. The sureties were, however, to depose to an affidavit of means which must be verified by the EFCC.A not-for-profit organisation, Paths to Nigeria Freedom, in 2017 also petitioned the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Alagbon Close, Lagos over the matter.
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