Erstwhile Inspector-General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, was on Thursday arraigned alongside a former police commissioner, John ...
Erstwhile Inspector-General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, was on
Thursday arraigned alongside a former police commissioner, John Obaniyi,
at an Apo District High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,
on a six-count charge of alleged fraud.
They were accused of misusing N578 million (N557,995,065) donated by
the Bayelsa State Government for the purchase of arms. According to the
charge, the fund was diverted into separate accounts owned by the
defendants, where it generated an interest of N16,412,315. The generated
interest was allegedly used for the defendant’s personal objectives.
It was earlier in the news that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, is set to
resume the prosecution of former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
The development followed a ruling of the Supreme Court which
dismissed the appeal filed by the former Police Chief challenging the
jurisdiction of the Commission and that of the FCT High Court to try
him.
Meanwhile, the charge read out during Thursday’s sitting of the court
also alleged that the defendants lied to officials of ICPC when they
told two of the commission’s staff upon enquiry about the diverted
funds, that the generated interest was used for official purposes.
The defendants however pleaded not guilty to the charge.
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