EFFC arraigns five medical doctors in Benin

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By Elvis Omoregie, Benin

Five Doctors, including a former Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Edo State chapter, Dr. Emmanuel Ighodaro  were yesterday arraigned before Justice Efe Igbonmwonba of a Benin High Court over issues bordering on “stealing N13.6 million  and conspiracy to commit fraudulent false accounting”.

Other  defendants in the charge sheet marked: BLCD/EFCC/8/2017 are:  Dr. Anthony Owolabi, Dr. Quincy Atoghengbe, Dr. Raymond Ogieva and Dr. Oseremen Gabriel Ogbebor.

The accused persons  are facing 21-count  charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to the charges, the prosecuting counsel, Dr. Ben Ubi, Esq. said the  defendants committed the offence while acting in their capacities as officers of Edo NMA between 2013 and 2014.

The statements reads:  “the defendants, knowingly and privies to omitting the UBA Account No. 1010717142, a material particular in an account maintained and operated by the NMA in its  audit report for the accounting year 1st August, 2013- 31st July, 2014”.

They were also accused of conspiring among themselves “to make a false entry in the audit report of the accounting year, 1st  August, 2013-  31stJuly 2014 of the association to wit, inserting anticipatory income in the report to cover a loan of six million naira yet to be received and thereby committed an offence.”

The defendants however pleaded not guilty to the charges during which their Counsel, Bello Imadegbelo (SAN) applied for their bail.

The Presiding Judge therefore admitted the defendants on bail with N1 million each and a surety who must be gainfully employed; with evidence of tax clearance.

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