ICPC arraigns Ebonyi Accountant-General’s office staff over N61m money laundering allegation

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has charged 1 Obasi Nicholas Sunday earlier the Federal High Court successful Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, implicit alleged crimes relating to wealth laundering.

The suspect appeared successful tribunal connected Thursday earlier Justice H. I. O. Oshomah from the Federal High Court 1, Abakaliki, He is facing 2 charges brought by the Commission nether Case Number FHC/A1/6C/25.

Obasi, who works astatine the Office of the Accountant-General successful Ebonyi State and signed the statement for the Ebonyi State Government Shopping account, is accused of carrying retired planned currency transactions to debar having to study them arsenic required.

According to ICPC, the suspect is accused of taking retired a full of N61,000,000.00 (Sixty-One Million Naira) successful currency from a authorities relationship successful August 2020.

This was allegedly done successful six abstracted withdrawals of N10,000,000.00 each, positive an other N1,000,000.00.

The Commission besides said that during the aforesaid time, the suspect enactment N60,941,725.00 successful currency into the relationship of Ikechukwu Obiukwu, who is simply a contractor for the Ebonyi State Government.

“The wealth was fixed successful parts, archetypal N10,000,000.00 and past N941,725.00, and the intent was to debar pursuing the ineligible rules astir reporting specified transactions.

“The actions interruption Section 19(1)(c) an...