The arraignment of a former
Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh, by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, scheduled for Thursday, March 3, 2016 at
the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja could not hold as planned, as the
presiding judge, Justice Okon E. Abang was absent.
No reason was given for his
absence.
Badeh was to be arraigned
on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering, criminal breach of trust
and corruption.
In the mean time, Monday,
March 7, 2016 has been tentatively fixed for the arraignment.
Badeh, while being the CDS,
among other things between January and December, 2013 allegedly used dollar
equivalent of the sum of N1.4billion (One Billion, One Hundred Million Naira) removed
from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force to purchase a mansion situated at
No. 6, Ogun River Street, Off Danube Street, Maitama, Abuja.
The offence is in
contravention of Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act,
2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act.
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