The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, rescheduled the trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, a Chinese construction giant, CCECC, and others, on N5 billion fraud charges, a case with a history of protracted delays.
“I will give a date for trial and make a consequential order because you have allowed this matter to degenerate this way. She was arraigned alongside CCECC Nigeria Ltd, the Nigerian subsidiary of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation established by the Chinese government to execute international contracts and economic cooperation.Others include Global Offshore and Marine Ltd, Tip Top Global Resources Ltd, Crystal Television Ltd and Sobora International Ltd.
Part of the reasons for adjournments included difficulties in serving some of the defendants and, at another time, the prying of the Attorney-General of the Federation’s office into the case. Specifically, the prosecution alleged in two of the 25 counts that Ms Oduah and Ms Odita opened anonymous “Private Banking Nominee” dollar and naira accounts with First Bank, thereby committing an offence contrary to section 11 of the Money Laundering Act 2011 and punishable under section 11 of the same Act.
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