EFCC: Covid-19 can’t stop anti-graft war
among top government agencies waiting to hit the headlines and airwaves again, owing to the plethora of cases it is investigating and prosecuting in court.
Dissatisfied with the verdict of the lower court, the EFCC approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja, asking it to set aside the judgment on the grounds of perverse verdict and miscarriage of justice. The Supreme Court, however, on March 23, 2018, dismissed Kenny Martins appeal, thus finally giving the green light for the commencement of his trial.
The former presidential aide is being prosecuted by the EFCC alongside his two companies: Value Trust Investments and Abrahams Telecoms on a 59-count charge bordering on money laundering and criminal diversion of N702,000,000. In the new amended charge, EFCC alleged that Mompha procured his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited to retain the sum of N33.006,026,806 between 2015 and 2018. The case is still ongoing.
At the last hearing of the matter on 11th June, 2018, EFCC’s lawyer, Idris Mohammed informed the judge that his third witness was indisposed and as such he would not be able to continue. He, however, sought an adjournment. The case is pending before Justice Ahmed Mohammed and has been adjourned to October 9 for continuation of trial. Suswam, Okolobia and Mrs. Janet Anuga, in the second charge FHC/ABJ/CR/48/2017, were accused of diverting funds meant for SURE-P projects in the State.
In the charge, the EFCC alleged that the two accused persons, between June 2013 and June 2015, used different companies to fraudulently launder the said money. Some of the companies the anti-graft agency claimed were used to launder the money include; Seagate Property Development & Investment Limited; Avalon Global Property Development Company Limited and Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited.
The offence breaches Section 7 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 7 of the same Act. The court later sat on the case in January 26, 2017 before Justice Olatokunbo Majekodumi of an Abeokuta High Court where Ogunlewe requested that his name be removed from the corruption case.
Lawyer to the EFCC, Mr. Johnson Ojogbane, told the court that the defendants had, between March 26 and 27, 2015 in Kano, conspired between themselves and received various sums of money without going through financial institutions.
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