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N15 bn Fraud: EFCC Re-arraigns Ex-Gov. Adamu, 11 others
Thursday, 22 July 2010
A fresh 170 count charge has been filed against former governor of Nasarawa state,
Abdullahi Adamu.
As a result, he was re-arraigned yesterday along with 11 other accused persons before
Justice David Okorowa of the Federal High Court, Lafia.
The trial Judge had relocated from the Federal High Court 8 Abuja to Lafia following the
withdrawal of Justice Marcel Awokulehin who stepped down from the case citing personal
reasons.
Justice Awokulehin, it would be recalled, was the Judge who gave former governor James
Ibori of Delta State a clean bill when he discharged him of the 170 count charge filed
against him by the EFCC at the Federal High Court, Asaba, Delta State in December last
year.
The EFCC had on March 3, 2010, arraigned ex-governor Adamu alongside 19 others on
a 149 count charge which has now been amended to 170.
The accused persons were earlier arraigned at the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa
state, before Justice Ibrahim Buba for allegedly looting the state treasury to the tune of
about N15 billion during Adamu’s eight year reign as governor of the state. Buba
was later transferred to Asaba and replaced with Justice Awokulehin.
Others re-arraigned alongside the former governor who also took their plea Thursday
are: Engr. Baba Gbewfi, Alhaji Halilu Bala Usman, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, chairman,
Sneccu Group of Companies, Ovey Bala Angbaso, John Mamman, Ifeanyiezekweli, M. D
Ciez Pharmacy Limited, Mr. Chukwuma Okoronkwo, Nosa Idehen, M.D Jonabel
Construction Company, Henry N Nick Associates Limited, owned by Prince Nicholas
Ukachukwu and others, Niccus Industries Limited, owned by Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu
as well as Prince and Princess Limited. They were all granted bail.
The Judge, while granting bail to the nine accused on the same bail conditions Justice
Buba earlier gave, enjoined all the parties to the case to help the court and see to the
quick dispensation of justice, as he warned that he would not entertain frivolous
applications which would unduly waste the time of the court.
The 2nd, 8th and 9th accused persons nonetheless, filed objections to the 170 count
charge against them. Those who
filed the objections are : Engr. Baba Gbewfi, Mr. Chukwuma Okoronkwo and Nosa
Idehen.
Prosecution counsel, Akintola Adeniyi, SAN, while addressing the court said even though
the three accused served him the objections on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, he had
immediately filed responses before the court. This, he said was to help the court arrive at
a conclusion in no long a time.
After taking arguments from both the prosecution and defence counsels, the judge
adjourned till October 26 and 27, 2010 for hearing. Count one of the 170 fresh count
charge reads:
That you Alhaji Adamu Abdulahi whilst being the governor of Nasarawa State and Alhaji
Aliyu Bala Usman, whilst being the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs in Nasarawa State between May 1999 and May 2007 and 2002 to 2007
respectively, within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, agreed to do or to cause to
be done an illegal act to wit, authorized directly, effect or procure the withdrawal of the
sum of N2,456,000,000.00 in 63 {sixty three months} from the State Local Government
Joint Account for a purpose and in a manner not authorized by law and that the same Act
was done in pursuance of the agreement and thereby committed an offence contrary to
and punishable under Section 97 of the Penal.
Thursday, 22 July 2010
A fresh 170 count charge has been filed against former governor of Nasarawa state,
Abdullahi Adamu.
As a result, he was re-arraigned yesterday along with 11 other accused persons before
Justice David Okorowa of the Federal High Court, Lafia.
The trial Judge had relocated from the Federal High Court 8 Abuja to Lafia following the
withdrawal of Justice Marcel Awokulehin who stepped down from the case citing personal
reasons.
Justice Awokulehin, it would be recalled, was the Judge who gave former governor James
Ibori of Delta State a clean bill when he discharged him of the 170 count charge filed
against him by the EFCC at the Federal High Court, Asaba, Delta State in December last
year.
The EFCC had on March 3, 2010, arraigned ex-governor Adamu alongside 19 others on
a 149 count charge which has now been amended to 170.
The accused persons were earlier arraigned at the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa
state, before Justice Ibrahim Buba for allegedly looting the state treasury to the tune of
about N15 billion during Adamu’s eight year reign as governor of the state. Buba
was later transferred to Asaba and replaced with Justice Awokulehin.
Others re-arraigned alongside the former governor who also took their plea Thursday
are: Engr. Baba Gbewfi, Alhaji Halilu Bala Usman, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, chairman,
Sneccu Group of Companies, Ovey Bala Angbaso, John Mamman, Ifeanyiezekweli, M. D
Ciez Pharmacy Limited, Mr. Chukwuma Okoronkwo, Nosa Idehen, M.D Jonabel
Construction Company, Henry N Nick Associates Limited, owned by Prince Nicholas
Ukachukwu and others, Niccus Industries Limited, owned by Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu
as well as Prince and Princess Limited. They were all granted bail.
The Judge, while granting bail to the nine accused on the same bail conditions Justice
Buba earlier gave, enjoined all the parties to the case to help the court and see to the
quick dispensation of justice, as he warned that he would not entertain frivolous
applications which would unduly waste the time of the court.
The 2nd, 8th and 9th accused persons nonetheless, filed objections to the 170 count
charge against them. Those who
filed the objections are : Engr. Baba Gbewfi, Mr. Chukwuma Okoronkwo and Nosa
Idehen.
Prosecution counsel, Akintola Adeniyi, SAN, while addressing the court said even though
the three accused served him the objections on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, he had
immediately filed responses before the court. This, he said was to help the court arrive at
a conclusion in no long a time.
After taking arguments from both the prosecution and defence counsels, the judge
adjourned till October 26 and 27, 2010 for hearing. Count one of the 170 fresh count
charge reads:
That you Alhaji Adamu Abdulahi whilst being the governor of Nasarawa State and Alhaji
Aliyu Bala Usman, whilst being the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs in Nasarawa State between May 1999 and May 2007 and 2002 to 2007
respectively, within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, agreed to do or to cause to
be done an illegal act to wit, authorized directly, effect or procure the withdrawal of the
sum of N2,456,000,000.00 in 63 {sixty three months} from the State Local Government
Joint Account for a purpose and in a manner not authorized by law and that the same Act
was done in pursuance of the agreement and thereby committed an offence contrary to
and punishable under Section 97 of the Penal.