Ize-Iyamu and four
others are being arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) on an eight-count charge of money laundering to the tune of
N700 million reportedly deployed to prosecute the 2015 general elections. The
other four accused persons are Lucky Imasuen, former deputy governor of Edo
State, Chief Dan Orbih, PDP chairman in Edo State; Tony Aziegbemi, and Efe
Erimuoghae.
The anti-graft
agency in the suit marked FHC/BE21C/ 2016, allege that Ize-Iyamu and the four
other accused persons collected the public funds for the polls, contrary to the
provisions of the EFCC Act and the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act.
Ize-Iyamu and other
defendants were first arraigned before Justice P. I. Ajoku on money laundering
on May 24, 2018.
One of the counts
read:
That you Pastor
Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Lucky Imasuen, Tony Azigbemi, Chief Dan Orbih, Efe Erimuoghae
Anthony and Chief Anthony Anenih (now at large) sometime March 2015 in Benin
within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did directly take possession
and control of the sum of 700,000,000.00 (seven hundred million naira) only
without any contract award which sum you reasonably ought to have known form
part of proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit; fraud and corruption; and thereby
committed an offence contrary to Section 15(2)(d) of the Money Laundering
(Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended by the Money Laundering (Prohibition)
Amendment Act 2012 and punishable under Section 15(3)of the same Act.
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