*Trial resumes Sept 29

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the
Federal High Court, Abuja
has granted permission to
former Interior Minister, Abba
Moro to travel abroad for
medical treatment.
The judge granted Moro the
permission on Thursday,
shortly after the ex-
Minister’s lawyer, Paul
Erokoro (SAN) moved a
motion to that effect.
Moro is being tried with a
former Permanent Secretary
in the Interior Ministry, Mrs.
Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, an
ex-director in the ministry,
Felix .O Alayebami and a firm,
Drexel Tech Nigeria Limited,
on an 11-count charge.
They are being tried over
their alleged involvement in
the botched 2014 recruitment
exercise of the Nigerian
Immigration Service (NIS)
while Moro was Minister.
They are accused of
defrauding 675, 675
graduate applicants of about
N675,675,000 having been
made to pay N1000 each as
processing fees for 5,000
(five thousand) job openings.
The four defendants were
also accused of breaching
the Public Procurement Act,
No. 65 of 2007 in the award
of the contract for the
organisation of the
recruitment test to Drexel
Tech Nigeria Ltd.
Lawyer to the prosecution,
Farouk Abdallah of the
Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC),
opposed the motion.
He argued that Moro failed to
provide sufficient materials
to warrant the grant of the
motion. He noted that the ex-
minister did not show that his
ailment cannot be treated in
the country, and that he also
failed to provide evidence of
an appointment with a
specialist abroad.
Justice Dimgba, in a brief
ruling, ordered the release
of Moro’s international
passport, currently in the
custody of the court’s
registrar and directed him to
return the passport to the
court 48 hours after his
return from the two-week
medical trip.
The judge also ordered Moro
to ensure his presence in
court on September 29 for
the continuation of their trial.

www.thenationonlineng.net/court-grants-ex-minister-moro-permission-seek-medical-attention-abroad/

Not happening.

In this Buhari time. Abba Moro is on a long thing