Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N50m Bribe: Two Docked, Remanded in Prison Custody

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 11, 2019 arraigned Dandy Eze and Solomon Johnson before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit a felony and acceptance of bribe to the tune of N50 million. They were alleged to have demanded for the said sum as bribe from a company, WAHUM Nigeria Limited, claiming that they could facilitate the withdrawal of a petition written against it, which they claimed was being investigated by the EFCC. The sum of N1 million had already been collecte…