Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

How I Helped Ohakim Acquire N270m Mansion - Witness

A prosecution witness, Abu Sule, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that Ikedi Ohakim, a former governor of Imo State, gave him $2.2 million cash, which he used to purchase a property located at No. 60, Kwame Nkrumah Street, Asokoro, Abuja. Ohakim, is being prosecuted by the EFCC on a three-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N270 million. He was initially arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on July 8, 2015. However, with the compulsory retirement of Justice Ademola, by the National Judicial Council, NJC, the case started…