An FCT High Court in Maitama on Tuesday fixed Oct. 3 to begin the trial of an Acting Director, Special Duties in the National Emergency Management Agency , Emenike Umesi, charged with alleged misappropriation of N54.3 million.
Justice Jude Okeke granted an application by the EFCC Counsel, Mr Joshua Saidi praying the court for an adjournment to enable him file a ”new, better and further proof of evidence”.He then adjourned until Oct. 3 for hearing of the motion.He earlier informed the court that he was coming into the matter newly and had file the motion and served the defendant’ s counsel this morning.
He said ordinarily, they would not have problem with the motion but it is not readable, he however did not object to the application for adjournment.NAN reports that the EFCC alleged that on Dec. 30, 2014, Umesi while serving as the Acting Director, Special Duty in NEMA allegedly misappropriated N12.8 million meant for the Agency ‘s operations.EFFC said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 19 of Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act.
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