EFCC re-arraigns fmr SA to NDDC MD, George Turnah, others for N2.9bn fraud 12 hours ago
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned George Turnah, former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, erstwhile managing director of Niger Delta Commission, NDDC, and two others alongside nine companies, before Justice Mohammed Turaki of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt Rivers State.
A statement issued by the EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwajaren on Monday, said they were re-arraigned on January 22, 2021 on amended twenty-three count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense, money laundering and abuse of office to the tune of N2,894,500,000 (Two Billion, Eight Hundred and Ninety-four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira).
Sampson Itode, Port Harcourt
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday re-arraigned George Turnah, a former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, an erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Commission and two others alongside nine firms before Justice Mohammed Turaki of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
According to a statement signed by the Head, Media, and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, on Monday, the defendants were re-arraigned on an amended 23-counts, bordering on obtaining money by false pretense, money laundering, and abuse of office to the tune of N2.89bn