Three INEC Officers In Prison Over N179.8m Fraud

By Josephine Ella-Ejeh

Three officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun state, have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegation of money laundering to the tune of N179.8 million.

Yemi Akinwonmi, Dickson Atiba and Ogunmodede Oladayo were arraigned on Monday before Justice Sule Hassan of a Federal High Court, Lagos, over on eight counts bordering on conspiracy, benefiting from crime proceeds, receiving cash sums without going through financial institutions and accepting cash exceeding amount authorised by the law.

The trio allegedly received the said money from various commercial banks sometime in March 2015, in the build-up to the year’s General Elections, the offences which contravenes the provisions of Sections 15(2)(d), 16 (d) 1(a), 16 (1) (d),16 (d) and 18 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

After their plea, the prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, urged the court to remand them in prison custody and issue a trial date.

Justice Hassan consequently adjourned the case until August 6, 2018 for hearing of the bail applications, ordering that the accused be remanded in prison custody pending hearing of their motion for bail.

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