Bulus
Adamu Samuel, former chairman of Shongom Local Government, and Commissioner for
Culture and Tourism in Gombe State, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a 4-count charge bordering on conspiracy,
forgery, contract scam, misappropriation of public funds, theft and abuse of
office before a Federal High Court sitting Bauchi, Bauchi state, was today granted
bail.
Justice M. G Umar
granted the accused bail in the sum of
N5million with two sureties in like sum. The sureties must be senior officers
in Gombe State civil service not below the rank
of director who must own a landed property within the state capital, with
statutory right of occupancy.
The
accused was arraigned on March 9, 2015 by for allegedly inflating a contract
for the electrification of 17.5 km route covering nine villages in the Shongom
Local Government council awarded to Tican Engineering Company Nigeria limited
in the sum of ( N97,640,000.00) ninety seven million, six hundred and forty
thousand naira.
The court adjourned the matter to April 2, 2015 for continuation of trial.
The court adjourned the matter to April 2, 2015 for continuation of trial.
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