Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

N2bn ONSA Fraud: Again Ex-Accountant General, Otunla’s Absence Stalls Trial as Court Adjourns to Feb. 7

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has again adjourned the trial of a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Jonah Otunla, to February 7, 2019. The adjournment is consequent upon the absence of the defendant in court. The Court however stressed that if he is again absent at the next adjourned date, the Court will be compelled to hear the application of the prosecution seeking for a warrant for his arrest. Otunla is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a five-count charge of money laundering involving the diversion of about N2 billi…