N20.3m fraud: Court admits Kwara officials to bail – The Nation Newspaper

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A Federal High Court sitting Ilorin, on Monday admitted to bail the four officials of the Kwara state government accused of financial malfeasance by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission .

The officials were charged to court for allegedly engaging in money laundering to the tune of N20.3 million.

In the charge sheet, EFCC accused the four of making “cash payment of N20.3 million to one Energy Multi-Trade Interbiz limited for services rendered to the Kwara state Government House which cash sum exceeded the limitation of N10 million payable to a body corporate committing an offence contrary to section 18 of the Money Laundering Act, 2011 and punishable under section 12 of the same Act.”

The court granted each of the accused persons bail with a sum of five million Naira and one surety each in like sum. The court directed the sureties to deposit their certificates of occupancy of the landed property with the registrar of court.

 

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