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  In an attempt to shield the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh and other top officials involved in the alleged N170.3 million contract fraud case, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has opted to exercise his discretionary powers under the constitution to favour the suspects against the complainant.

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, has fixed Tuesday, November 8, 2022, for the formal arraignment of the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh; wife, Chioma, and nine other in an alleged N170.3 million contract fraud. Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN had on September 9, 2022, filed a 17-count charge bordering on conspiracy, fraud and forgery against the suspects in suit No. FCT/HC/CR/469/2022 before the FCT High Court, Abuja.

Barely two weeks after SaharaReporters' story on the filing of 17 counts bordering on conspiracy, fraud and forgery against the Chairman of Zinox Group, Stan Leo Ekeh, his wife and others before a Federal Capital Territory High Court, the company has filed a process to open their defence in the alleged N170.3 million contract feud.     This comes days after representatives of Zinox Group in several media publications and interviews refuted the story and denied knowledge of any criminal pr...

The Chairman of Zinox Group, Stan Leo Ekeh, along with his wife, Chioma, and four other suspects charged by the Federal Government over alleged involvement in a N170.3 million contract fraud have filed a process to open their defence for the crime.

The Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh, has denied defrauding Benjamin Joseph, owner of Citadel Oracle Concepts Limited, an Ibadan-based ICT retail firm. SaharaReporters recently reported how the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice filed a suit against Ekeh, his wife, Chioma, and 11 others over alleged N170.3 million contract fraud. The 17 counts filed border on conspiracy, fraud and forgery.

After evading prosecution for over eight years, the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh; wife, Chioma, and 11 other suspects in alleged N170.3 million contract fraud have finally been charged to court.

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has filed suit against the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh, his wife, Chioma, and 11 others over alleged N170.3 million contract fraud. The 17 counts filed border on conspiracy, fraud and forgery.  A court document with suit No. FCT/HC/CR/469/2022 obtained by SaharaReporters was filed on September 9, 2022, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory by the human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (S...

Malami took over the case in a letter addressed to the IGP for the attention of the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Legal Department of the Police.

The trial judge Justice, Tijani Garba Ringim dismissed an application by the Managing Director of Technology Distributions Ltd., Mrs. Chioma Ekeh, Mr. Chris Eze Ozims, Mrs. Folashade Oyebode and Mr. Charles Adigwe to stop the police from executing the directive on the Police Investigation Report dated October 19, 2020, by Commissioner of Police, Amechi Elumelu, X-Squad Section, FCID, Force Headquarters, Abuja which recommended that the suspects should be charged to court as advised by the Direct...

Petitioner-turn-accused testifies on alleged N170million FIRS contract fraud Mr Joseph gave details of the eight allegedly manipulated documents used to hijack the contract from him 5 min read Benjamin Joseph, a petitioner-turn-accused, appeared before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Nyanya, Abuja, defending his petition over his loss of a N170million contract to an alleged fraud. Mr Joseph, who is the managing director of an Ibadan-based IT retail firm, Citad...