Ifeanyi Ibe
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to take over the prosecution of former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah and eight others, including her ex-aide, Gloria Odita.
Oduah, who served as Aviation Minister from 2011 to 2014, is facing trial over an allegation that she laundered public funds to the tune of about N5 billion, in connivance with eight others. Stella Oduah Condemns EFCC’s Claim Of Fresh Charges
But the court on Friday ordered the office of the Attorney General of the Federation to take over the prosecution of Oduah, her ex-aide, Gloria Odita, and the seven others charged with laundering about N5 billion.
The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, gave the order after Oduah and the other defendants were arraigned and they pleaded not guilty to the 25 counts brought against them by the EFCC.
The other charged alongside Oduah and Odita in the 25-count charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/316/2020, are Nwosu Emmanuel Nnamdi, Chukwuma Irene Chinyere, Global Offshore and Marine Ltd, Tip Top Global Resources Ltd, Crystal Television Ltd, Sobora International Ltd and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Nigeria Ltd.
