Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday fixed April 5 for judgment in 27-count fraud charges brought against a former Head
The Judge fixed the date after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Oronsaye and others adopted their final addresses for and against the case.
Equally charged before the court by the EFCC included three companies, Cluster Logistic Limited, Kangolo Dynamic Cleaning Limited, and Drew Investment & Construction Company Limited. While adopting his final brief of arguments through his counsel, Mr Ade Okeanya-inneh SAN, the former Head of Service of the Federation, asked the court to dismiss the entire charges against him.
He asserted that the charges against him were worthless because they were not based or predicated on any known facts or evidence to sustain them.
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