ICPC Amends Charges Against Adeyemi, Adds Four Co-Defendants

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has amended its charges against Adeniyi Adeyemi, who is accused of heading the purported, non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council. The charge has expanded from 22 counts to 36 and names four additional defendants: Aminu Abdullahi, Ogaba Harry, Florence Omameh and Patricia Akhigbe. The case was originally filed by the police. The defendants were due to enter their pleas, but proceedings were adjourned after Omameh was absent from court on health grounds. Prosecutor Sylvanus Tahir said her absence prevented the arraignment from proceeding. Adeyemi’s lawyer did not object to the amended charge or adjournment, but raised concerns about his client’s prolonged detention. Justice Yusuf Halilu adjourned the case until November 18. He ordered that Adeyemi be returned to Kuje Correctional Facility and the other defendants to the ICPC detention facility.

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