Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi of an Abuja High Court Friday ruled that
former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Gabriel Ehindero and the
Commissioner of Police in charge of Budget, during his administration,
Mr. John Obaniyi must face trial over the N558 alleged misappropriation.
The court in a ruling to the application challenging the jurisdiction
of the court which sought to strike out the charges against the accused
persons refused to grant the order but ruled that they had cases to
answer and will go through trial to establish their innocence.
The charges were filed against the duo by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC).Thereafter, the charges were read to the accused who pleaded not guilty
to the six count charge and were on application, granted the bail in
the sum of N10 million each and a surety who must swear to an affidavit
of means.
Ehindero and Obaniyi were alleged to have conspired between the months
of May and November 2006, used their position to confer corrupt
advantages upon themselves by placing the sum of N300 million out of the
N558 million donated to the Nigeria Police Force by the Bayelsa state
Government for the procurement of arms, ammunition and riot control
equipments, in a fixed deposit account at Wema Bank Plc where it yielded
an interest of N9.8 million for them.
