Admin l Wednesday, May 16, 2018
IKEJA, Lagos, Nigeria– A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja today fixed June 01, 2018 for adoption of final written address in the ongoing trial of a permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Clement Illoh Onubuogo for alleged fraud.
The presiding judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo fixed the date after granting the prayer of Counsel to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Nnaemeka Omewa seeking for extension of time to enable the agency regularise their submission.
Clement Illoh Onubuogo was arraigned in October 16, 2017 on a 3-count charge of stealing and conversion of property to the tune over N14 million. Clement pleaded not guilty to the charges. EFCC has presented four witnesses in the course of the trial. The suspect was alleged to have been supervising numerous programmes such as the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P and allegedly awarded fictitious contracts to himself, using his personal company and friends.
One of the counts reads: ” That you, Clement Illoh, a.k.a Clement & Bob Associate, on or about 28th January, 2015 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court whilst still a Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, dishonestly converted to your own use the sum of N14,176,000.00(Fourteen Million, One Hundred and Seventy- six Thousand Naira ) from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA), and you hereby committed an offense contrary to Section 279(1)(b) & 285(6) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State No,11,2011.”
