At the resumed hearing today, the
EFCC through an ex-parte motion brought pursuant to section 26 of the EFCC Act,
2004, prayed the court for an order granting leave to the applicant to evacuate
the petroleum products conveyed by the respondents in trucks and vehicles as
specified in the schedule attached to the affidavit, for safe keeping.
The recovered petroleum
products are currently at the premises of Shittu Alao Barracks of the 177
Battalion, Guards Brigade, Nigerian Army, Keffi, Nasarawa State.
EFCC counsel, Elizabeth Ayodele
specifically prayed the court for an order directing the Managing Director of
PPMC, the Department of Petroleum Resources or the relevant arm of NNPC to
evacuate and keep in safe custody the crude oil recovered from the trucks and
any further order or orders as the court may make in the circumstance.
Justice E.S Chukwu granted the
motion as prayed and adjourned the case to May 27, 2013 for continuation of
hearing.
It will be recalled that
the suspects - Joseph Amaechi, Israel Friday, Ubadia Francis, Abayomi Adebisi,
Abdullahi Idris, Samuel Job, Onah Peter Ode, Sabo Tasha Hassan, Abdullahi
Moh'd, Abubakar Abdulkadir, Ehiogu Paul, Ibrahim Saidu, Garba Mohammed and
Bartholomew Onyema were arrested at Toto Military checkpoint, Nasarawa State
with 14 trailer load of suspected crude oil after a failed attempt to bribe
their way through the checkpoint.
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