Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday fixed April 5 for judgment in a 27-count fraud charges brought against a former Head of Service of the Federation, (Ex-HoS) Mr.Stephen Orosanye by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n
The Judge fixed the date after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’, Oronsaye and others adopted their final addresses for and against the case.<\/p>\n
Oronsaye was arraigned alongside the Managing Director of Fedrick Hamilton Global Services Limited, Mr. Osarenkhoe Afe on 49 count charges but the charges we’re later reduced to 22.<\/p>\n
Equally charged before the court by the EFCC included three companies- Cluster Logistic Limited; Kangolo Dynamic Cleaning Limited, and Drew Investment & Construction Company Limited.<\/p>\n
It was alleged that the defendants had between 2010 and 2011, used the firms and diverted public funds through procurement fraud.<\/p>\n
While adopting his final brief of arguments through his counsel, Mr Ade Okeanya-inneh SAN, the former Head of Service of the Federation asked the court to dismiss the entire charges against him.<\/p>\n
Oronsaye specifically requested Justice Ekwo to discharge and acquit him from the charges on ground of lack of evidence and merit.<\/p>\n
He asserted that the charges against him were worthless because they were not based or predicated on any known facts or evidence to sustain them.<\/p>\n
He recalled that EFCC on its own in the course of trial withdrew 22 charges when faced with reality that the charges have no substance.<\/p>\n
However, EFCC represented by Mr Oluwaleke Atolagbe prayed the Court to convict the defendants based on the evidence adduced by 21 witnesses who testified in the matter.<\/p>\n
Atolagbe predicated his request for conviction on the confession of the second defendant in the trial.<\/p>\n
Justice Ekwo after taking arguments fixed April 5 to deliver his judgment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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