The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied dropping the
14-count charge against former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani
Alison-Madueke, bank executives and NNPC officials who they accused of
conspiring to conceal $153 million in Fidelity Bank.
It was reported that at a resumed hearing of
the matter before Justice Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court Lagos on
November 5, 2019, the anti-graft agency through its lawyer Rotimi Oyedepo
dropped the corruption charges against most of the accused persons including
Diezani through an amended four-count charge.
The amended charges which bordered on money
laundering now only seeks to prosecute a former Executive Director of First
Bank Plc alongside Diezani and Ben, who served as Group Executive Director of
finance at the NNPC.
Spokesperson of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, Wilson Uwajuren who however reacted to the report told
Guardian “It is fake news, just disregard it."
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