EFCC Re-arraigns George Turnah, Others for N2.9Bn Fraud
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 22, 2021 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 Harcour, Rivers State.
The defendants were re-arraigned 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).
The co-defendants with Turnah are: Ebis Orubebe and Uzorgor Silas Chidiebere. They were arraigned alongside El-Godams Global Services Ltd., Turnoil and Gas Nigeria Ltd., Kolo Creek Petroleum Development Ltd., Celtic Pride Consult and Events Ltd., Yenagoa Mall Ltd.,...
...the Incorporated Trustees of Concerned Niger Delta Initiative., Akara Boro Marine Services Ltd., Sugarland Integrated Farms Nig. Ltd and Geohan Telecommunications Nig. Ltd.