The
former Coordinator of Afikpo South Local Government Development Center of
Ebonyi state,Ugwuocha Okoroafor; his treasurer Christian Chukwu Owo, and the
administrative officer, Mrs. Anne Eke Agwu have been arraigned by the EFCC before
Justice E.A. Ngene of the State High Court, Afikpo, on a 15- count charge of conspiracy and stealing of public funds totaling over N25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million Naira)
Justice E.A. Ngene of the State High Court, Afikpo, on a 15- count charge of conspiracy and stealing of public funds totaling over N25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million Naira)
According
to Sahara reports, Investigation into the matter carried out by Center for
Prevention of Corruption and Human Right Initiatives and some staff of the
council, revealed that the accused persons connived with a staff of the bank
where the Local Government account is operated, at various times between 2013
and 2015 raised vouchers for payments supposedly for contract awards, salaries
and independence day celebrations in the names of staff of the council, who
denied receiving such funds.
It
further revealed that the sum of N16, 000,000 and N8, 000,000 were at different
times traced to the accused person’s account which their income profile could
not justify.
The
accused persons pleaded not guilty to these charges.
The
court granted bail to each of the accused persons in the sum of N500,000 and one surety each in like sum. The surety
the Judge ruled, must be a resident of the state, who has a landed property
within the jurisdiction and must present evidence of three years tax payment.
The
matter has been adjourned to September 21, 2016 for commencement of trial.
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