The governorship candidate of the
All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, risks
being arrested on July 14.
Ize-Iyamu may be arrested if he
fails to appear before a Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo State for
allegedly laundering the sum of N700m.
EFCC had informed a Federal High
Court in Benin City, that Ize-Iyamu and his fellow suspects took possession of
about N700 million without any contracts.
However, the court had on July 2
adjourned the matter to July 14 due to the absence of Ize-Iyamu, who was said
to be indisposed.
The trial had been delayed due to
Ize-Iyamu’s absence, even as the presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Garba, had
earlier validated the charges against him.
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is the
first defendant in the suit No. FHC/BE21C/ 2016 filed by the EFCC, who accused
the defendants of conspiring among themselves to commit the offence in March
2015, alleging that they took possession and control of the funds without any
contract award.
The judge rejected the oral
request for a prolonged adjournment of the case by the counsel to Ize-Iyamu,
who argued that his client will not disobey the order of the court.
Justice Garba stated that the
last time somebody was here, he (the judge) made an order for the accused
person to appear in court or face arrest.
The accused persons including
former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr. Lucky Imasuen, Mr. Efe
Erimuoghae-Anthony, and others are facing an eight-count charge of money
laundering to the tune of N700 million meant to prosecute the 2015 general
elections.
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