Ehindero: Court clears ex-police IG of N16.4m fraud charge
- An FCT high court has cleared former IG of Police, Sunday Ehindero, of the N16.4 million fraud allegation charge against him
- The verdict was delivered by the presiding judge, Justice Silvanus Oriji, on Tuesday, November 12
- Justice Oriji said that the prosecution was unable to prove that Ehindero diverted the funds for personal use
Former inspector general of police, Sunday Ehindero, and commissioner of police budget, John Obaniyi, were on Tuesday, November 12, discharged of the N16.4 million fraud allegation charge against them.
The former top police officials were discharged by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court sitting in Apo, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
In the verdict, Justice Silvanus Oriji, said that the prosecution failed to establish that Ehindero and Obaniyi diverted the funds for personal use.
Justice Oriji therefore upheld a no-case submission filed by the defendants' lawyers, Kelvin Omoraw and Samuel Odariko, since, according to him, investigations officer did not discredit the claims of the former officers.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Police Service Commission had rejected the recruitment list of constables reportedly released by the Nigeria police.
The commission, in a statement released on Tuesday, October 15, said the list released by the police was illegal and breached federal character principle.
Legit.ng recalled that the commission and the Nigeria police have been at loggerheads over recruitment powers.
The commission said it is saddled with the constitutional power to oversee the recruitment, discipline and promotion of police personnel while the Nigeria police also said it has powers to recruit, making reference to the Police Act.
The commission added that it has dragged the Nigeria police to court over the development and also filed for an order to restrain it from continuing with the recruitment exercise.
The commission, therefore, warned the public to be wary of the list, saying it will soon complete the authentic recruitment process and release the list of successful candidates.
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