Former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Senator Nicholas
Ugbane and House of Representatives member, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, are to
be re-arraigned before Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi on February 1.
This stems from the reassignment of the case file by the Chief Judge
of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Justice Lawal Gummi, following
the withdrawal of the trial judge, Justice Adebukola Banjoko, from the
suit. Also scheduled to take a fresh plea is Hon. Jibo Mohammed.
Ugbane, Elumelu and Mohammed are being prosecuted by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged breach of due process,
criminal conspiracy, diversion and misappropriation of public funds to
the tune of N5.2 billion.
The alleged misappropriation of funds is in respect of contract
awards at the Rural Electrification Agency, REA. The accused were first
arraigned on October 30, 2009 on a 130-count charge alongside six senior
officials of REA.
However, the charges were severed wherein the lawmakers were jointly
charged on a 62-count charge, leaving the other six accused to face a
68-count charge.
Meanwhile, the re-arraignment, which would have taken place
yesterday, could not go on, at the resumed hearing of the case
yesterday, as the third accused, Mohammed, was absent in court.
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