The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) filed amended charges on Monday against Adeniyi Adeyemi, who is described as the purported director‑general of the non‑existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), and added four civil servants to the case.
According to prosecution counsel Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, the amendment expands the original 22 counts to 36. The four additional suspects named are Aminu Abdullahi, Ogaba Harry, Florence Omameh and Patricia Akhigbe.
The court session, which had been set to hear Adeyemi’s bail application, was halted because the charge amendment required all defendants to enter pleas. The arraignment could not proceed as Florence Omameh was absent on health grounds, prompting Tahir to cite Section 266 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) and request a short adjournment so she could recover and plead.
Adeyemi’s counsel, Ibrahim Angulu, SAN, did not object to the amended charge or the adjournment, but reminded the bench of his client’s prolonged detention.
Justice Yusuf Halilu adjourned the matter until 18 November for the arraignment of the suspects. He ordered that Adeyemi be returned to Kuje Correctional Facility, while the other defendants are to remain in the ICPC detention facility.
<small>Source: Vanguard News — read the original story there.</small>
