Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N178.8m Fraud: Court Adjourns Re-arraignment of Cooperative Society Executives till May 29

Justice Sharon T. Ishaya of Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, March 27, 2025 adjourned until May 29 and 30, 2025, the re-arraignment and trial of Secretary and Chairman of Covenant Fadama Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Jos, Okewole Dayo and Bishop Katung Jonas. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting Dayo, Jonas, and late Mamman Irmiya Jatau on a 23-count charge, bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretense and money laundering to the tune of ₦178,885,000 (One Hundred and Seventy-Eight Million, Eight Hundred and Eighty-five Th…