The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed amended prices in opposition to Adeniyi Adeyemi, the purported director basic of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), earlier than the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja.
ICPC expanded the earlier 22 counts in opposition to Adeyemi to 36 with 4 extra defendants charged alongside him.
The new defendants are civil servants from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation and the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.
The people allegedly performed roles in facilitating the operation of the pretend company and coming into it within the Nigerian funds.
They are Aminu Abdullahi, Harry Ogaba, Florence Omameh and Patricia Akhigbe.
Abdullahi and Ogaba are officers of the SGF workplace. Mr Abdullahi is an assistant chief technical officer within the SGF workplace however Mr Ogaba’s particular function within the workplace shouldn’t be said.
Ms Omameh is an official of the inspectorate division of the Office of the Accountant- General of the Federation and Ms Akhigbe is an assistant director within the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning as assistant director.
This is the second spherical of modification of the fees by the ICPC because it took over the case final month. The case was initially filed final yr by the Nigerian police.
Sylvanus Tahir, the prosecution lawyer who’s a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), knowledgeable the courtroom of the current growth Monday.
