by Omoleye Omoruyi
A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, has ordered the duo of Uluocha Brown, an Administrative Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Delta State; Percy Okojie, a legal practitioner and former President, Rotary Club, Benin City, be remanded in prison custody, after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned the two of them for an 8-count charge bordering on conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N111.5 million.
The accused had allegedly collected the money during the weeks leading to the 2015 presidential election.
Brown was arrested in 2016, following information received by the EFCC on the activities of some of the INEC staff, who connived with the West African Network of Election Observers (WANEO), where he was accused of defrauding the Federal Government of huge sums of money, running into billions.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges, however, Justice P.I. Ajaku, turned down the defendant’s application for bail.
The case has been adjourned to June 17, 2017 for argument on bail applications; June 30, 2017 for trial and ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of their bail applications.
Omoleye Omoruyi… an apprentice web/game developer, novelist, sensitive to happenings in the world. Meet him @Lord_rickie on Twitter/Instagram
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