{"id":47260,"date":"2016-03-07T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=47260"},"modified":"2016-03-07T12:55:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T11:55:16","slug":"arms-deal-scandal-court-remands-alex-badeh-kuje-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/arms-deal-scandal-court-remands-alex-badeh-kuje-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Arms Deal Scandal: Court Remands Alex Badeh In Kuje Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High Court in Abuja today ordered former chief of defence staff,<br \/>\nAir Marshal Alex Badeh remanded in Kuje Prison until <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_531906800\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday<\/span><\/span>, when his<br \/>\nbail application will be heard.<\/p>\n<p>The court has also fixed <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_531906801\"><span class=\"aQJ\">14 March<\/span><\/span> for the beginning of his trial.<\/p>\n<p>Badeh is facing a 10-point charge of theft and corruption, according to an<br \/>\nindictment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The stolen<br \/>\nmoney belonged to the Nigerian Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of the 10-count charge against him are:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat you Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (whilst being the Chief of Air<br \/>\nStaff, Nigerian Air Force) and Iyalikam Nigeria Limited between January<br \/>\nand December 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honourable<br \/>\ncourt did use dollar equivalent of the sum of N1.1 billion removed from<br \/>\nthe accounts of the Nigerian Air Force to purchase for yourselves a<br \/>\nmansion situate at No. 6 Ogun River Street, Off Danube Street, Maitama,<br \/>\nAbuja, thereby committed an offence contrary to section 15(2)(d) of the<br \/>\nMoney Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under<br \/>\nsection 15(3) of the same Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat you Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (whilst being the Chief of Air<br \/>\nStaff, Nigerian Air Force) and Iyalikam Nigeria Limited between January<br \/>\nand December 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honourable<br \/>\ncourt, did use dollar equivalent of the sum of N650,000,000 removed from<br \/>\nthe accounts of the Nigerian Air Force to purchase for yourselves a<br \/>\ncommercial plot of land situate at Plot 1386, Oda Crescent Cadastral Zone<br \/>\nA07, Wuse II, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat you Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (whilst being the Chief of Air<br \/>\nStaff, Nigerian Air Force) and Iyalikam Nigeria Limited between January<br \/>\nand December 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honourable<br \/>\ncourt, did use an aggregate sum of N878,362,732.94 removed from the<br \/>\naccounts of the Nigerian Air Force and paid into the account of<br \/>\nRytebuilders Technologies Limited with Zenith Bank Plc for the<br \/>\nconstruction of a shopping mall situate at Plot 1386, Oda Crescent<br \/>\nCadastral Zone A07, Wuse II, Abuja for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat you Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (whilst being the Chief of Air<br \/>\nStaff, Nigerian Air Force) and Iyalikam Nigeria Limited between January<br \/>\nand December 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honourable<br \/>\ncourt, did use dollar equivalent of the sum of N304 million removed from<br \/>\nthe accounts of the Nigerian Air Force and paid into the account of<br \/>\nRytebuilders Technologies Limited to complete the construction for<br \/>\nyourselves a shopping mall situate at Plot 1386, Oda Crescent Cadastral<br \/>\nZone A07, Wuse II, Abuja for yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High Court in Abuja today ordered former chief of defence staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh remanded in Kuje Prison until Thursday, when his bail application will be heard.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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