According to a statement by the anti-graft agency, the defendants' troubles began after a petition was submitted by a widow, Anazia Colina Kenechukwu, who owns a private school in Delta State.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a self-styled native doctor, Olorunbukunmi Taiwo, and his wife, Awolegan Omolola Omotola, before the Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti over an alleged contract scam involving N1,098,961,500.
The couple were arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC before Justice Abubakar Usman on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and retention of proceeds of crime, contrary to Section 17(a) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004.
According to a statement by the anti-graft agency, the defendants' troubles began after a petition was submitted by a widow, Anazia Colina Kenechukwu, who owns a private school in Delta State.
The petitioner alleged that Taiwo approached her for financial support for a road construction contract he claimed had been awarded to him by the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC).
