Justice J. Liman of the Federal High Court Benin, Edo State, Wednesday convicted Michael
Igbinedion, younger brother to Lucky Igbinedion, former Edo State governor, and Charles
Eboigbodin .
The duo alongside their companies; Gava Corporation Limited; Romrig Nigeria Limited;
PML Securities Company Limited and PML Nigeria Limited, were prosecuted on an 81-
count charge of money laundering, misappropriation of funds and abuse of office brought
against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The convicts had pleaded not guilty when they were arraigned, setting the stage for a full
trail. In the course of trial, the prosecution called several witnesses to prove its case. One
of them, Mr. Ajoyo Sowale, an Accounts Officer with the Guaranty Trust Bank, identified
various account statements and account opening documents of the convicts and confirmed
to the court that several lodgements were made into the accounts, and that he printed the
account statements and got them certified by the appropriate authority.
The parties adopted their written addressed in November 14, 2014 , while judgment was
fixed for December 1, 2014. But a series of adjournments delayed the delivery of the ruling
till April 29. When justice Liman finally delivered his ruling today, he found the two
accused persons guilty on some of the counts. The judge convicted Eboigbodin for money
laundering on counts 50-59, while Igbinedion was pronounced guilty as charged on counts
79-81. The judge however deferred the sentencing of the convicts till April 30, 2015.

even if the heavens will fall justice must be manifestly be seen to be done

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We need to amend our laws and put the death penalty for anybody convicted of corruption related charges

podosci:
We need to amend our laws and put the death penalty for anybody convicted of corruption related charges

even if.it wnt prevent corruption.punishment does not always serve as deterant