ABUJA-The former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen
Oronsaye has been docked before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal
High Court in Abuja over his alleged complicity in money laundering and
contract scam amount in to about N1.9billion.
Oronsaye is currently entering his plea to a 24-count criminal
charge that was preferred against him by Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC.
He was docked alongside his alleged accomplice, Mr. Osarenkhoe Afe
and a company that was allegedly used to perpetuate the fraud, Frederick
Hamilton and Global Services Limited.
The anti-graft agency said that it is still tracking the former
Deputy Director of Finance in the office of the Head of Service, Mr.
Abdulrasheed Maina,(now at large), who it said was also involved in
fraud.
Oronsaya was alleged to have used some companies and diverted huge
sums of money from the federal government coffers under the guise of
using same to pay for biometric data capture project.
He was said to have claimed that some of the funds were meant for the procurement of computer accessories.
The fraud was allegedly committed between March and May 2010 while
the first accused person was still in charge as the head of service of
the federation.
The EFCC in the charge marked FHC/CR/297/15, maintained that
accused persons committed offences contrary and punishable under
section 14 (1)(b) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2004.
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