AGF gives to IG Go-ahead to pursue …- Theconclaveng

The Prosecutor General of the Federation gave the Police Inspector General the permission to pursue senator Andy Uba for the accusations that bordered with fraud for the sum of N400 million.

The director of IG, AM Abdullahi, told Judge Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court of Abuja on Monday at the time of the resumption of the matter.

The Nigerian news agency reports that the accusation had, on March 5, changed a position of two counts against UBA and its co-accused, Benjamin Etu, before the former trial judge, the judge Inyang Ekwo.

The police had previously appointed UBA, the former senator who represented Ambra South, and two others in the first accusation marked: FHC/Abj/Cr/538/2024.

The co-accused, in the two-count charge presented on 10 October 2024 by Abdulrashid Sidi in the legal/judicial section at the headquarters of the police forces, Abuja, were Crystal UBA and Benjamin Etu as 2nd and 3rd accused respectively.

But in the modified charge presented on March 4 by Sidi, UBA and Etu are listed as 1st and 2nd defendants, while the name of Crystal UBA had been abandoned by the charge.

In counting one, UBA, Etu and Hajiya Fatima now in general, sometimes in 2022, it was assumed that they had conspired with each other to commit the crime.

UBA and others were accused of obtaining for false claim, making a presentation to George Uboh of having perfected ways for the appointment of the CEO of the Commission for the development of the Niger delta to all the people concerned who could afford N400 million.

“A presentation that you know is not true and therefore has committed a crime contrary to section 8 and punishable pursuant to section 1 (3) of the fraud of early commissions and other fraud relating to the fraud, 2006.”

The crime, said the accusation, is against section 1 (2) and punishable pursuant to section 1 (3) of the fraud of early commissions and other fraud relating to the ACT fraud, 2006 “, the count has been read in part.

Uboh, in a letter dated April 5, 2023, and addressed to the IG, said that the petition was based on the documentary and on the voice recording.

According to Uboh, the tests are overwhelming and irrefutable.

No less than six witnesses had been listed to testify against the ex-law and Etu.

However, in the last date updated before the judge Ekwo, the accusation lawyer informed the court that the AGF had requested the file for a review, following a petition written by the defendants.

Nan reports that the case was reassured to Judge Urar, following the suspension of the former judge by the National Judicial Council (NJC).

In the meantime, when the case was called Monday, Solo Etu and his lawyer were in court.

Abdullahi, who appeared for IG, informed the court that the case was foreseen for the arrangement of the defendants.

But CF Odiniru, who represented Etu, told the Court that on the last updated date, the question was suspended of Sine Die (certainly) by the previous judge because the AGF office asked for the file for a review.

He said the question was listed for Monday, the 1st defendant, UBA, was already abroad for medical terrain.

Arousing the presentation of Odiniru, Abdullahi said that the case was updated indefinitely due to the directive by the AGF office.

However, he declared to the Court that after the revision of the matter, the office of the Department of Public Prosections (DPP) of the Federation at the Federal Ministry of Justice had ordered the police to continue with the case.

“He was directed by the DPP office that we should proceed, my Lord,” he said.

However, the attorney’s lawyer expressed surprise that the defense lawyer told the Court that UBA was in the United States for medical care when there were no documentary evidence.

He described the application as a “speculative”.

Odiniru, who said that anyone could be sick, told the Court that the accusation topic had been resolved.

“What is fun is that the subject of this accusation has been solved. The money has been paid,” he said.

However, he looked for an update, ensuring that UBA would be in court to the next updated date.

Judge Umar then updated the matter until September 24 so that the defendants take their appeal.

In the meantime, the DPP, Mb Abubakar, in a letter written to the IG on May 8 and the real certified copy spotted on Monday, said that “a first Facie case exists against the 1st defendant (UBA), the third accused (Etu) and a Hajia Fatima (now in large)”.

In the letter signed by Abubakar, he said that this followed a careful review of the duplicate case file in the charge number: FHC/Abj/Cr/538/2024 filed against UBA and two.

However, he said that the investigations did not reveal any proof that connects the 2nd defendants (Crystal), in the initial accusation, to the commission of alleged crimes.

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