Former Inspector General of
Police, Mr Sunday Ehindero, was
yesterday, arraigned before an
Abuja High Court over his alleged
complicity in the
misappropriation of about N557million belonging to the
Nigerian Police Force. He pleaded not guilty to a six-
count criminal charge that was
preferred against him by the
Independent Corrupt Practices
and Other Related Offences
Commission, ICPC. The ex-IGP was docked alongside a former
Commissioner of Police in charge
of Budget, Mr John Obaniyi. Specifically, the anti-graft
agency maintained that its
investigations revealed that the
accused persons, diverted the
sum of N300million out of
N557million that was donated to the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, by
the Bayelsa State Government
when President Goodluck
Jonathan was its Governor,
adding that the money was
traced to a fixed deposit account at Wema Bank Plc where
it had already yielded an interest
of N9.8 million. Observing that the money was
donated for the procurement of
arms, ammunition and riot
control equipment, ICPC, equally
alleged that the accused
persons placed another N200 million out of the money in a fixed
deposit account at
Intercontinental Bank Plc where
it has generated an interest of
N6.5 million. Though Ehindero piloted the
affairs of the Nigerian Police
between 2005 and 2007, however,
the prosecuting agency said the
fraud was perpetuated between
May and November 2006. Meanwhile, shortly after the ex-
IGP and his alleged accomplice
took their plea yesterday, the
trial court presided by Justice
Mudashiru Oniyangi granted
them bail in the sum of N10million each and a surety in like sum,
stressing that they must depose
to affidavit of means. The Court ordered that the duo
should be remanded in prison
custody should they fail to fulfill
any of their bail conditions.
Besides, the court dismissed as
lacking in merit, separate preliminary objections that the
accused persons filed through
their respective lawyers, Chief
Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and Mr A. S
Odariko. Ehindero who yesterday begged
the court to allow him to go
home on self-recognition, had
insisted that the ICPC lacked the
powers to try him over the
alleged offence.
www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/alleged-n55m-fraud-ex-police-ig-ehindero-docked-granted-bail/

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