Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Court Declares Man Wanted for N3m Fraud

Justice D. Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Umuahia, Abia State, has issued a bench warrant on James Maduakolam Amadi for absconding after entering a plea bargain agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Amadi was absent in court on April 10, 2019 for the continuation of his trial, and his counsel, O.C. Nwosu, told the court that he had no knowledge of his whereabout. He is standing trial for allegedly obtaining the sum of N3 million by false pretence from one Soyabuchi Emmanuel. According to the victim, he said he succumbed to Amadi's sympathetic story and decided