The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday shut its body of evidence against a previous Governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja, accused of N4.7billion misrepresentation under the watchful eye of a Federal High Court in Lagos.
Ladoja was charged close by a previous Commissioner for Finance in the state, Waheed Akanbi.
The charged were brought before Justice Mohammed Idris on Dec. 14, 2016, for supposedly siphoning and washing N4.7 billion from the coffers of Oyo State Government.
Both argued not liable to the eight-count charge favored as a detriment to them by the EFCC. At the continued preliminary on Tuesday, direction to the charged, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika and Bolaji Onilenla, told the court they proposed making a "No Case Submission" and supplicated the court for deferment.
Equity Mohammed Idris dismissed the case until Sept. 27 for reception of composed locations.
The EFCC had blamed Ladoja and Akanbi for changing over N1.9 billion having a place with the state for their own utilization through an organization known as Heritage Apartments Ltd.
Ladoja was additionally blamed for expelling 600,000 pounds from the state coffers in 2007 which he supposedly sent to his little girl in London.
Also, the ex-senator was blamed for changing over N42 million having a place with the state for his own utilization and along these lines utilized same to buy a shielded auto.
The EFCC included that Ladoja changed over N728 million and N77 million at various occasions in 2007 for his own utilization and exchanged same to Bistrum Investments for the buy of a property in Ibadan.
The EFCC said that the offenses negated Sections 14, 16, 17 (an) and 18 (1) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2004.
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