Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

N2bn ONSA Fraud: Court Sends Ex-Accountant General, Otunla's Case File to CJ For Reassignment

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has sent the case file of the former Accountant-General of the Federation, Jonah Otunla to the Chief Judge for reassignment. The development followed the transfer of the trial judge to the Asaba Division of the Federal High Court, and the repeated absence of Otunla to appear before the Court to take his plea. Otunla was to be arraigned along with Ade Adelakun and seven companies for an alleged N2 billion fraud, before Justice Dimgba on December 7, 2017 on a five-count charge, but his absence caused the trial to be adjourned. His absence, ha…