The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced that it will file a fresh charge against a former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, who has been standing trial over an alleged N5.3bn fraud.
The commission said this in a statement issued on Thursday by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren.
A Lagos division of the Federal High Court had dismissed the charges against the former governor.
Nnamani’s counsel, Ricky Tarfa informed the court that he had filed a motion disclosing the facts that the case had been put to rest by Justice Yunusa in his judgment in suit no FHC/L/09C/07 delivered on July 7, 2015.
Tarfa further said there was no valid pending charge before the court in view of the plea bargain entered into by parties before Justice Yunusa, adding that “the court cannot sit on an appeal of his learned brother, Yunusa”.
However, in his response, the prosecution counsel, Kelvin Uzozie, said that he had looked at the affidavits filed by the defendant in the case, adding that “in view of all the averment therein, I am applying that the entire proceedings in this court be expunged to enable us file a fresh charge with a different suit number”.
Consequently, Justice Obiozor held that “I agree that in view of the plea bargain judgment of this court delivered on July 7, 2015, that there is no valid charge before me. I hereby expunge the entire proceedings before me”.
Nnamani, his former aide, Sunday Anyaogu, and six companies were first arraigned in 2007 for allegedly conspiring to divert about N5.3billion from the coffers of Enugu State.
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