In an attempt to shield the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh and other top officials involved in the alleged N170.3 million contract fraud case, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has opted to exercise his discretionary powers under the constitution to favour the suspects against the complainant.
Barely two weeks after SaharaReporters' story on the filing of 17 counts bordering on conspiracy, fraud and forgery against the Chairman of Zinox Group, Stan Leo Ekeh, his wife and others before a Federal Capital Territory High Court, the company has filed a process to open their defence in the alleged N170.3 million contract feud. This comes days after representatives of Zinox Group in several media publications and interviews refuted the story and denied knowledge of any criminal prosecution against their principal in any court in the country.
The Chairman of Zinox Group, Stan Leo Ekeh, along with his wife, Chioma, and four other suspects charged by the Federal Government over alleged involvement in a N170.3 million contract fraud have filed a process to open their defence for the crime.
The trial judge Justice, Tijani Garba Ringim dismissed an application by the Managing Director of Technology Distributions Ltd., Mrs. Chioma Ekeh, Mr. Chris Eze Ozims, Mrs. Folashade Oyebode and Mr. Charles Adigwe to stop the police from executing the directive on the Police Investigation Report dated October 19, 2020, by Commissioner of Police, Amechi Elumelu, X-Squad Section, FCID, Force Headquarters, Abuja which recommended that the suspects should be charged to court as advised by the Director of Public Prosecutions given the overwhelming evidence of culpability on the part of the suspects.
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