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The duo alongside their companies; Gava Corporation Limited; Romrig Nigeria Limited; PML Securities Company Limited and PML Nigeria Limited, were prosecuted on an 81-count charge of money laundering, misappropriation of funds and abuse of office brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The convicts had pleaded not
guilty when they were arraigned, setting the stage for a full trail. In the course of trial, the prosecution called
several witnesses to prove its case.
One of them, Mr. Ajoyo
Sowale, an Accounts Officer with the Guaranty Trust Bank, identified various
account statements and account opening documents of the convicts and confirmed
to the court that several lodgements were made into the accounts, and that he
printed the account statements and got them certified by the appropriate
authority.
Justice J. Liman of the Federal High Court Benin,
Edo State,
today convicted Michael Igbinedion,
younger brother to Lucky Igbinedion, former Edo State
governor, and Charles Eboigbodin . The
duo alongside their companies; Gava
Corporation Limited; Romrig Nigeria Limited; PML Securities Company Limited and
PML Nigeria Limited, were prosecuted on an 81-count charge of money laundering,
misappropriation of funds and abuse of
office brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC.
The convicts had pleaded not
guilty when they were arraigned, setting the stage for a full trail. In the course of trial, the prosecution called
several witnesses to prove its case.
One of them, Mr. Ajoyo
Sowale, an Accounts Officer with the Guaranty Trust Bank, identified various
account statements and account opening documents of the convicts and confirmed
to the court that several lodgements were made into the accounts, and that he
printed the account statements and got them certified by the appropriate
authority.
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