Court Orders Austrailian Crook Eider To Be Remanded In Efcc Custody

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday June 27 arraigned George Eider, an Austrian representative of the M/S Avsatel in Nigeria before an Abuja magistrate court for misappropriation of N6 billion, abuse of office and forgery of government documents contrary to sections 309 and  364 of the penal code.

While pressing charges against Eider, counsel to the EECC, Mr Steve Odiase told the court that on June 13 2006, Mr Eider did sign a contract agreement with the former Minister of Aviation, Professor Babalola Borisade, for the supply and fixing of equipment in the aviation industry to the tune of N6 billion but that the accused failed to fulfill his own part of the agreement.
  
Odiase prayed the court to take cognizance of the alleged offence(s) of the accused and that there is reasonable cause to order him to be remanded pending the conclusion of investigation and filling of a formal charge. He also prayed the court to remand the accused in custody as the other accused persons have not been apprehended by the commission and that it would need sufficient time to investigate the matter and file a formal charge.

The chief magistrate of Life Camp Magistrate court in Abuja, Kabir Lamido in his ruling ordered that the accused be remanded in  EFCC custody to enable thorough investigation by the commission. He ordered that the accused be remanded for 15 days and therefore fixed further hearing of the case for July 14, 2008.

Eider’ s company M/S Avsatel was awarded the contract to instal safe Tower in Four Nigerian airports including Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt and Abuja by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), a contract that was said to have been grossly inflated. Eider, an Austrian had told the Senate committee probing the N19.5 billion Aviation intervention fund that his company had discharged its duties in three of the airports with the exception of Kano.

EFCC head of media and publicity, Femi Babafemi in a statement said the accused is already in EFCC custody in accordance with the order of the court as further investigations into the matter continue

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Do you see what we've been reduced to? Now we have these white bastards exploiting us again! I hope the efcc makes him and all of the other crooks pay severely for what they've done!!!

abegi let them release the man jare, and arrest the government officials,politicians and technocrats who

invited him into the country

told him how much to put on the contract papers

took the diffrence from him

assured him that there wont be any come backs

sold our country to him

don't forget the man has no family in this country that will use these dangerouns airports and equipments, they r all abroad and if nigerian politician,minister want to sell their souls and their citizens lives for money then good luck to them

Ive been hearing some very good new about this woman (new efcc boss), and members of my family tell me that she's good news when it comes to making these boneheads pay for what they've done.