Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N2b NEDC Fraud: Again, Absence of Defendant Stalls Trial

The absence of the National Coordinator of Multi-Sectional Crisis Recovery Projects, MCRP, North East Development Commission, NEDC, Danjuma Mohammed on Thursday, June 25, 2026, stalled his trial before Justice K. N. Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Zuba, Abuja. Justice Ogbonnaya who frowned at the absence of the defendant on two sittings consecutively without any provable reason before the court, noted that there was no medical report before the court to show that the defendant was ill and receiving medical attention as the defence team claimed. The first defendant,…