N7.74bn Alleged Fraud: Trial of Kenny Martins, three others begins June

The trial of a Lagos socialite and politician, Kenny Martins, for an alleged N7.74billion fraud through the Police Equipment Fund (PEF)

is prosecuting Mr Martins, the PEF coordinator, alongside three others: Ibrahim Dumuje, Joni Icheka, and Cosmas Okpara.

According to part of the charges, the accused committed the crime on March 31, 2006, an offence punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code, Cap 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigerian 1990 .” Dissatisfied with the ruling, the EFCC filed an appeal in Abuja, asking the appellate court to set aside the judgment which it described as a “perverse verdict and miscarriage of justice.”

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