The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has filed fresh 22 charges against an ex-Niger Delta militant
leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, and 12
others.
The charges, which were filed on Friday
at a Federal High Court in Lagos, bordered on stealing, advanced fee
fraud and money laundering to the tune of N22,765,900,000.
The fresh charges were filed eight days
after Justice Ibrahim Buba ordered the arrest of Tompolo for his failure
to appear on January 14, 2016 to take his plea on a separate 40 counts
of alleged N34bn fraud earlier filed against him and nine others by the
EFCC.
In the fresh charges, which had yet to
be assigned to any judge, the EFCC listed 25 witnesses that will testify
against Tompolo and his 12 co-suspects when the trial begins.
http://www.punchng.com/fresh-n22-7bn-charges-efcc-lines-up-25-witnesses-against-tompolo-others/
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