The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC docked
the immediate past Director-General of the National Broadcasting Com-
mission, Mr Emeka Mba and three others namely Patrick Are, Basil Udotai
and Babatunji Amu over an alleged N15 billion fraud.
The trial could not however go on based on the difficulties experienced by
the counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Salisu
Majidadi in serving the amended charge sheet on the defendants.
The trial judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole gave order that the defendants
should visit EFCC so as to be properly served.
Emeka Mba, Patrick Are, Basil Udotai and Babatunji Amu who are 1st to
4thh defendants respectively are being prosecuted on a 15-count amended
charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of public funds.
The defendants’ lawyers led by Mr Sunday Ameh (SAN) submitted that the
issue of service or non-service of the amended charge is uncalled for
because each of the defendants, for instance, the 1st and 4th defendant
had been served, while the 2nd and 3rd defendants had obtained copies of
the amended charge from the third defendant’s counsel.
The matter was adjourned to December 13, 2016