Justice U.N Agomoh of the Federal High
Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday, December 15, 2015, granted bail
to Uchenna-Dike Ogbonnaya, Uchenna-Dike Ugomma and Ukeni Ugah Adanne who are
being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a
17-count charge bordering on stealing, conspiracy, money laundering and obtaining
by false pretence to the tune of Eighty Six Million, Nine Hundred and Forty One
Thousand, Five Hundred Naira (N86, 941, 500.00).
One of the counts reads: “That you,
Uchenna-Dike Ogbonnaya, Uchenna-Dike Ugomma and Ukeni Ugah Adanne, sometime in
2014, at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable
court, while Uchenna-Dike Ugomma was a staff of Ecobank Nigeria Limited, did
conspire among yourselves to commit felony wit; stealing, punishable under
Section 516 of the Criminal Code Act Cap. C38, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,
2007 read together with Section 1 (1) (d) of the Failed Banks (Recovery of
Debts) and Financial Malpractices in Banks Act Cap. B3 Revised Edition (Laws of
the Federation of Nigeria) 2007”.
The defendants were
arraigned on December 10, 2015 and pleaded not guilty to all the charges
preferred against them by the EFCC.
Justice Agomoh admitted
the 1st and 3rd defendants to bail in the sum of N5million
and 2 sureties each. The sureties must be civil servants on GL 16. They are to
provide their employment and last promotion letters as well as their salary
slip for the past 3 months. They are also to deposit 2 passport photographs and
write an undertaken that the defendants will be present during trial.
Likewise, the 2nd
defendant secured bail in the sum of N5million and one surety. The surety must
be a blood relation who is a civil servant on GL 16. The defendant and her
surety must deposit 2 passport photographs each. Also, the defendant must
undertake in writing to be present during trial.
Justice Agomoh adjourned
the matter to January 13, 2016 for trial and ordered the defendants to be
remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of their bail terms.
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