EFCC arraigns directors, firm over N735m subsidy Fraud



Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday summoned one Mr. Adegbite Adetoye and Ponnle Abiodun alongside Origin Oil and Gas Limited before Justice Silvanus Orji of the FCT High Court Apo, Abuja on 11 charges verging on extortion and mishandle of Petroleum Support Fund to the tune of N735m.

As per an announcement by the EFCC representative, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the charged people schemed and falsely got the total of N735, 132, 076.18 from the Federal Government as installment for the importation of 15,000mt of petroleum which they claim to have acquired from Vitol SA and imported into Nigeria through MT Silverie.

The offense negates Section 8 (an) and culpable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offenses Act, 2006.

One of the charges read, "That you, Adegbite Adetoye and Ponnle Abiodun while being executives of Origin Oil and Gas Limited approximately the eighth day of October 2010 to December, 2011 in Abuja inside the purview of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and with plan to dupe, planned to get the entirety of N735, 132, 076.18 From the Federal Government of Nigeria under affectation that the said aggregate spoke to endowment collecting to you, though the whole is over the real sponsorship installment for the importation of 15,000mt of premium engine soul (petroleum) which you case to have bought from Vitol SA and imported into Nigeria through MT Silverie which portrayal you knew to be false.''

They suspects were likewise blamed for phony in spite of Section 366 of the Penal Code Act, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004.

The litigants argued 'not liable' to the charges.

The insight for the litigants, S. I Ameh (SAN), educated the court that he had a pending safeguard application dated March 27, 2017 and served on the arraignment same date.

He asked the court to concede the respondents to safeguard including that they would be accessible for trial.

Advise for the EFCC, Steve Odiase, did not contradict the application.

Equity Orji conceded safeguard to the respondents in the total of N100m each with two sureties in like total. The sureties must be government employees not beneath grade level 14 and inhabitant in Abuja with traceable locations to be checked by the court or the EFCC. The judge requested that the litigants must not go out without the authorization of the court.

The judge accordingly requested the respondents to be remanded in jail care pending the flawlessness of their safeguard terms.

The case was suspended till May 22 and 25, 2017 for hearing.

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