The charged are: Igwe Chukwuemeka, the previous Chief Administrative Officer; Irokwu Uma Okorie, a serving Administrative Secretary of a similar office and an Accountant amid the 2015 general race in the state INEC; Onyema Onyebuchi.
They were summoned before Justice Lewis Alagoa of Federal High Court, Owerri, Imo State on a three - check charge of scheme and illegal tax avoidance to the tune of N11,660,000 (Eleven Million, Six Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira).
The arraignment of the trio was spin-off of their parts in the accumulation and appropriation of assets discharged by the previous Minister of Petroleum Resources under Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's organization, Mrs. Alisson Madueke to some INEC authorities amid the 2015 general race.
Examinations uncovered that the returning officers and neighborhood government gathering officers in the state were each paid, N500.000 while those at the wards were each paid N250,000.
The cash was gotten by Igwe Chukwuemeka and Irokwe Uma Okorie on the mandate of a reminder from INEC home office that a Non Governmental Organization, West African Network of Election Observers (WANEO) dispensed the assets through Fidelity depend on the guideline of Madueke.
They all argued not blameworthy when the charges were perused to them. From there on, arraignment advise H.O Anasoh with Onome Umukoro, approached the court for a trial date expressing they were prepared for trial. Be that as it may, Prince N.K Iheme, Mike Onyekachi and S.I. Azuanu, guidance to begin with, second and third respondents individually all moved for movement for safeguard for their customers.
As there was no complaint from the indictment group, the trial Judge conceded the litigants safeguard in the whole of N150 million each with one surety in like total. The surety who must be occupant probably landed property inside the court's purview.
He deferred the case to September 24,25, 26 2018 for trial.
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