According to the EFCC, the defendants allegedly conspired to divert and misappropriate a total sum of N337,062,350 between 2017 and 2019.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday sought to re-arraign three senior officials of Nigeria's National Assembly before the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jikwoyi, Abuja, over their alleged involvement in a N337,062,350 fraud case.
The defendants are; Aishatu Bappa El-Nafaty, Director of the Public Affairs Department in the Directorate of Special Duties and Parliamentary Security of the National Assembly; Mamud Alhaji Abubakar, a former Permanent Secretary in the services of the National Assembly; and Igba Ityoakura Joseph, a Deputy Director of Procurement in the National Assembly.
The anti-graft agency sought to re-arraign the trio before Justice Muhammed Zubairu on an amended 23-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, criminal breach of trust, official corruption and the alleged illegal conversion of funds belonging to the National Assembly.
According to the EFCC, the defendants allegedly conspired to divert and misappropriate a total sum of N337,062,350 between 2017 and 2019.
