Just when the issue of  corruption is reducing drastically, the ex-inspector General of Police, Mr Sunday Ehindero and the former commissioner of Police in charge of budget , Mr John Obaniyi were accused of defrauding the Nigerian Police Commission about N574.4million Naira.

The presiding judge of the Abuja High court,Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi order the two senoir officers to be remanded at Kuje Prison if they do not meet up the bail condition which amounts up to N10 million each and a surety in like sum who must swear to an affidavit of means.

The duo who was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) were alleged by the anti-corruption agency to have perpetrated the fraudulent act between May and November, 2006.

FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE

 ICPC noted that they alledgedly diverted the N574.3million releases in the year 2006 by Bayelsa State Government for the procurement ammunition for the Police in order to curb the high rates of kidnapping in the Niger Delta State then.

Following the charged sheet, it was stated that “You Ehindero and Obaniyi conspired with each other between May and November, 2006 to use your position to confer corrupt advantages by placing the sum of N300 million in a fixed deposit account at Wema Bank Plc where it yielded an interest of N9.8 million.

“Placing another N200 million from the donation in a fixed deposit account at the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc where it yielded N6.5 million”.

The two ex-senior Police officers, who were represented in the court by their counsels Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN and Abubakar Odariko, appealed to the Judge to tamper mercy with Justice to free his client on bail base on self-recognition as the former Police boss.

Source:nigeriadailynews

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