EFCC Arraigns Ex-House Committee Chairman Over Alleged N320m Fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission, Nicholas Ebomo.
The other defendants are Airworld Technologies LTD, Oyien Homes LTD, and one Blessing Mutu who is said to be at large.When the charge was read to the former lawmaker, he pleaded not guilty to the financial crimes. But Mutu’s lawyer, P. Nikwueto, told the court that his client was ready for the trial and if the prosecution was not ready, he would apply for bail.He said, “My lord, we cannot take the risk we took in 2018 when we granted him bail. He was released in the name of one Anthony John Ikpoyi.
Ruling on the bail application, Justice Ogunbanjo granted temporary freedom to Mutu, saying she took judicial notice of the administrative bail which the EFCC earlier granted to the lawmaker.
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