The {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) has arraigned three senior officers of the Nigerian Railway Company (NRC) over N2.04 billion alleged fraud, illegal enrichment, and cash laundering offences.
This was disclosed in an announcement issued on Wednesday.
The defendants, in response to the Fee, are Felix Njoku, a former Director of Finance of the NRC; Benjamin Chinwuba Iloanusi, at the moment a Director within the Procurement Division of the NRC; and Oche Jerry Ogbole-Inalegwu, at the moment Director of Mechanical.
One of many counts in opposition to Ogbole-Inalegwu reads:
Upon arraignment earlier than completely different judges, all of the defendants pleaded “not responsible” to the fees, paving the best way for the prosecution counsel, Abba Muhammad, SAN, to request trial dates and for the defendants to be remanded pending trial.
He famous that the prosecution meant to answer sure paragraphs of their bail purposes on factors of regulation.
The defence counsel, Mordecai Adejo, urged the courtroom to permit the defendants to proceed having fun with the executive bail earlier granted by the EFCC.
The event comes days after the EFCC arraigned a former Managing Director of the NRC, Fidet Edetanle, over alleged cash laundering involving $385,000 and N165.5 million.
Edetanle was introduced earlier than the Ikeja Particular Offences Courtroom on Tuesday, the place he’s going through a seven-count cost bordering on abuse of workplace, illegal enrichment, and cash laundering.
He pleaded not responsible to all the fees, paving the best way for trial.
