Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Police Pension Fraud: Court Admits Defendant’s Statements

Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, has held that the statements obtained from Veronica Ulonma Onyegbula, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an alleged N24 billion fraud, were obtained from her voluntarily. Onyegbula is standing trial along with Esai Dangabar, a former director at the Police Pension Office, for their complicity in the alleged fraud in the Police Pension Office. They are standing trial along with Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Ahmed Inuwa Wada, Sani Habila Zira, Uzoma Cyril Attang and Christia…