LAWYER ARRESTED FOR DEFRAUDING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

One Mr Adeola Adeyanju, a lawyer, has been arrested
by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly defrauding
the Federal Government of N928 million.
The ICPC on Tuesday, disclosed this in Lagos in its
recent in-house news bulletin, where it said that the
suspect defrauded the Federal Government of the said
amount.
The bulletin reads:
“The suspect allegedly forged the payment mandate of
the Ministry of Environment and moved the said amount
from First City Monument Bank where the money had
been domiciled with his Zenith Bank’s personal
account.
“Adeyanju moved the money to a Bureau de Change’s
account on the same day the money hit his account,
and the money was converted and paid to him in
dollars.”
The bulletin further revealed that the suspect’s counsel,
Mr Onyechi Ikpeazu, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN),
had earlier sought for the enforcement of his client’s
fundamental human rights from an Abuja High Court
with an application for bail award of N100 million as
damages.
According to the anti-graft bulletin, Ikpeazu claimed
that the suspect was suffering from a strangulated
hernia and the detention of his client was a violation of
his human rights.
Also, the bulletin said the Commission’s counsel, Mr
Osuobeni Akpors, who opposed the bail application,
noted that the suspect had allegedly been a serial
offender and that if granted bail, might abscond.
Akpors further stated that the suspect had earlier been
allegedly convicted in another High Court in a suit
number FCT/CR/14/04, stressing that he had shown no
sign of repentance.
The Commission, however, noted that based on the
facts before the trial judge, the suspect was denied
bail.