The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed fresh 22 charges and lined up 25 witnesses to testify against former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo.
The charges against Tompolo and 12 others- bordered on stealing, advanced fee fraud and money laundering to the tune of N22,765,900,000- were filed on Friday at a Federal High Court in Lagos.
They are being charged for fraudulently converting over N22.7bn, stolen from NIMASA, to their personal use between December 12, 2014 and April 10, 2015.
They are accused of defrauding the Federal Government by making false representations in order to obtain money from the government.
The offences are contrary to Section 8(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3)of the same Act.
Listed among the 25 witnesses to testify against Tompolo and the other suspects are seven EFCC investigators, officials of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, officials of the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, and officials of the Bureau of Public Procurement.
Others are officials of four commercial banks including Access Bank, First Bank, Zenith Bank Plc and United Bank for Africa Plc.
[Y!Naija]
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