A Federal High Court sitting in
Benin has remanded former PDP governorship candidate in Edo state, Pastor
Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Chief Dan Orbih, aformer Deputy Governor, Mr, Lucky Imasuen,
a former member of the House of Representatives, Tony Azegbemi and Efe Anthony
in prison.
They are to remain in custody
pending when they meet their applications for bail.
Ize-Iyamu and others were
arraigned on Thursday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on
eight count charges of laundering the sum of N700 million.
Justice P.I Adjokwu ordered that
they be remanded in prison after rejecting a plea by counsel to Ize-Iyamu,
Charles Edosomwan that they be kept in the custody of the EFCC.
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