A woman, Veronica Onyegbula in the course of her job at the
Police Pension Office is accused to have allegedly cashed 303 cheques in
the name of the Director Police Pension Office. In the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) High Court on Thursday, Mr. Julius Adebulu, an
Internal Auditor at the Police Pension Office, told the presiding Judge,
Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, that the cheques were drawn in the name of
Uzoma Attang and Onyegbula.
It can be recalled that the EFCC had on April 10, arraigned Uzoma Attang, Esai Dangabar, Atiku Kigo, Ahmed Wada, Onyegbula, Sani Zira and Christian Madubuke, over their involvement in the police pension scam.
More so, they took their pleas on an amended 20-count charge that borders on criminal breach of trust, which contravened 315 of the Penal Code.
Led in evidence by Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, the counsel to EFCC, Adebulu alleged that the cheques were drawn in the range of 500,000 to 4.9 million.
He revealed to the court that before September 2009, the Police Pension Office made payments in forms of cheques and cash in the names of retirees, who provided Letters of Identification.
After the hearing Baba-Yusuf adjourned the case to October 25.
It can be recalled that the EFCC had on April 10, arraigned Uzoma Attang, Esai Dangabar, Atiku Kigo, Ahmed Wada, Onyegbula, Sani Zira and Christian Madubuke, over their involvement in the police pension scam.
More so, they took their pleas on an amended 20-count charge that borders on criminal breach of trust, which contravened 315 of the Penal Code.
Led in evidence by Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, the counsel to EFCC, Adebulu alleged that the cheques were drawn in the range of 500,000 to 4.9 million.
He revealed to the court that before September 2009, the Police Pension Office made payments in forms of cheques and cash in the names of retirees, who provided Letters of Identification.
After the hearing Baba-Yusuf adjourned the case to October 25.
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