Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

N7.3bn Fraud: Accused Loses Bid To Stop Trial

Justice M.S. Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, January 15, 2018 refused a bid by suspected oil fraudsters, Ogbor Elliot, Managing Director, Danium Energy Services Limited, and Godwin Okoronkwo, Managing Director, Petrosol Energy Limited, to stop their trial over a N7.3bn oil fraud. When the prosecution counsel, Nne Emeka Omewa, presented a prosecution witness, jean Philippe Torres, Managing Director, Total Nigeria Plc, to testify at the resumed hearing today, counsel to the first defendant, Ahmed Akanbi, objected. Akanbi, in his objection, told the court that…