ICPC Re-Arraigns Former Nasarawa Gov Aspirant, Four Others For Fraud

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on Thursday re-arraigned a former director at the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and governorship aspirant in Nasarawa State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Yusuf Agabi, before a Federal

Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on charges of alleged N605m fraud. Agabi was re-arraigned along with four others on 46 counts of fraud before Justice Adegboyega Adeniyi. The accused persons, who were at various times Directors of Finance and Deputy Directors of Finance in the Niger Delta Ministry, allegedly siphoned the total sum of N605m from the Constituency Project
account of the ministry under fraudulent claims.Apart from Agabi, the other co-accused are, Akpore Okeroghene (Deputy Director of Finance), Abibu Ayinla (Director of Finance), Idowu Adewale (Deputy Director Accounts) and Ngozi James (Deputy Director Accounts). The case was re-assigned to Justice Adenyi following a petition by some of the accused persons to the Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello, accusing the former trial judge, Justice Baba Yusuf of bias in his handling of the case.