George Okoh
The Makurdi Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday arraigned the Chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Tersoo Joseph; the Secretary, Serki Mtomba Manaseh; the Treasurer, Akange Akula and five other members/commissioners :Abe Aboyi Augustine, Donald Kertyo, Agber Aondona Emmanuel, Sunday Agbaji, and Ekoja Daniel before Justice Abdu Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State capital.
The defendants were docked on a 23-count charge bordering on conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, misappropriation, forgery and money laundering to the tune of N500,000,00,
Count one of the charge reads: “That you Hon. Tersoo Joseph, the Chairman of Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Hon. Serki Mtomga Manasseh, the Secretary of BSIEC, Hon. Akange Akula, the Chief Accountant of BSIEC, Hon. Abe Aboyi Augustine, the Commissioner for Planning, Research and Documentation of BSIEC, Hon. Dona
The Makurdi Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) , Dr. Loko Tersoo Joseph and eight others over alleged financial fraud of five hundred Million naira, (N500, 000,000).
Others arraigned before Justice Abdu Dogo of the Federal High Court in Makurdi, Benue State capital are; Serki Mtomba Manaseh (secretary), Akange Akula(Treasurer) and 5 other members/Commissioners, Abe Aboyi Augustine, Donald Kertyo, Agber Aondona Emmanuel, Sunday Agbaji, and Ekoja Daniel.
The defendants were arraigned on a 23-count charge bordering on conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, misappropriation, forgery and money laundering to the tune of N500 million.
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