After several days of extended interrogations, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will today arraign the former Benue State Governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, for money laundering and embezzlement.
The arraignment of Suswam, who ruled Benue State from 2007 to 2015, follows the filing of a nine-count charge largely bordering on money laundering to the tune of N3.1 billion against him at the Federal High Court Abuja on October 2.

Gov Suswam
Suswam and his former finance commissioner, Omodachi Okolobia were alleged to have diverted the proceeds of the sale of shares owned by the Benue State government and Benue Investment and Property Company Ltd.
The offence is punishable under section 15(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 20111 as amended in 2012.
It will be recalled that in a bid to set the stage for the prosecution of Suswam, the commission grilled him and his former finance commissioner, Mr. Omadachi Oklobia, for many days last month but released them on administrative bail.
The two men, it was learned from their interrogators, were shown documents relating to the alleged crimes preferred against them and they were asked to defend themselves to enable the commission to determine their culpability or otherwise.
A source in the agency confirmed, last night, that the commission was convinced that the former governor and those who aided him to lauder the funds of the state must be charged to court.
The source said: “Barring any last minute hitch, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will formally arraign the former governor of Benue State,Gabriel Suswam before an Abuja Court tomorrow, November 4, 2014.
“The anti-graft agency had on Monday, October 2, 2015 filed a nine-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N3.1 billion at a Federal High Court, Abuja.”
While Suswam is facing the trial by the EFCC, he had successfully stopped his probe by the state governor, Samuel Ortom, by securing the order of the Benue State High Court to restrain the commission of enquiry raised by the governor from investigating his tenure.
It is not clear if Suswam will also get the same court to restrain the EFCC from proceeding with his trial.



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3.1 billion naira 4 money laundry. Na d total money he stole dat shld matter nw.
Tired of arraignment, i want to hear conviction jare.

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Oche211:

Tired of arraignment, i want to hear conviction jare.

Even conviction doesn't mean these people will go to jail. Once you can pay back the money(and not at once oo), you will be freed.
Until something drastic is done to our constitution about looting, the stealing will continue. We need to have a separate book for looters.

EFCC Arraingnment is fast becoming a way of life for politicians wish some more positive approach could be adopted. SMH

i wish the news is true,what that frog eye and his yoruba wife/akume/pdp did to benue state for the past 16yrs,it will take apc ten years to repair.

Dannyset:

Even conviction doesn't mean these people will go to jail. Once you can pay back the money(and not at once oo), you will be freed.
Until something drastic is done to our constitution about looting, the stealing will continue. We need to have a separate book for looters.

u re perfectly right. Bt how can we have dis done when our legislators (senators) re bunch of recycled looters nd thieves.
It's like asking a thief to become his own judge. Remember how they nd d governors kicked against d idea of death penalty 4 looters cos they knw they re one.

Hopes it ends with a conviction and repayment!

And a former governor created a website for 78,000,000 naira.How much website will he create at the national level then? The moment we start avoiding double standards then Nigeria can be a better country.

This amount they are talking about isn't up to 1/10 of what this man stole from BIRS alone.

Eight years and the only recognisable things he did in the state was to build the biggest and most expensive hotel in Makurdi (for himself) which he eventually SOLD to the state government with him as governor!!!

The second recognisable thing is his wife's gymnasium, Healthyways, the biggest and best in the state. Next is the new Government house- absolutely useless to the common man.

The man is worse than Theodore Orji!

Oche211:

u re perfectly right. Bt how can we have dis done when our legislators (senators) re bunch of recycled looters nd thieves.
It's like asking a thief to become his own judge. Remember how they nd d governors kicked against d idea of death penalty 4 looters cos they knw they re one.

Senator David mark as perfect example mtcheewt.

Oche211:

u re perfectly right. Bt how can we have dis done when our legislators (senators) re bunch of recycled looters nd thieves.
It's like asking a thief to become his own judge. Remember how they nd d governors kicked against d idea of death penalty 4 looters cos they knw they re one.

I think it's only Nigerians(the masses) that can bring themselves out of this. No Leader in Nigeria will want or accept this easily. Let Nigerians take to the Media strongly and let it trend. Let us take to the street like "Occupy Nigeria", and demand for the review of that part of the constitution or a new one to deal with corruption.

EFCC and their GRA GRA..

After now u will hear dat he was released on Bail based on Self recognition... B4 nko? Na him ghost go court??

Nigerian Judiciary needs Ibe kachikwu aswear

Dannyset:

I think it's only Nigerians(the masses) that can bring themselves out of this. No Leader in Nigeria will want or accept this easily. Let Nigerians take to the Media strongly and let it trend. Let us take to the street like "Occupy Nigeria", and demand for the review of that part of the constitution or a new one to deal with corruption.

U re absolutely on point bt d million dollar question is "who will bell d cat?"
A larger portion of the Nigerian population are the youths. Bt we as youths ve lost focus. What u see nigerian youths doing on social media is to fight nd insult one another over one politician with ill-gotten wealth stolen 4rm d masses who don't even care if they exist.
We as youth ve to kick start d reform (or revolution) nd it begins wit u nd me....