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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.
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.
Petitioner-turn-accused testifies on alleged N170million FIRS contract fraud
Mr Joseph gave details of the eight allegedly manipulated documents used to hijack the contract from him 5 min read
Benjamin Joseph, a petitioner-turn-accused, appeared before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Nyanya, Abuja, defending his petition over his loss of a N170million contract to an alleged fraud.
Mr Joseph, who is the managing director of an Ibadan-based IT retail firm, Citadel Oracle Concept Limited, is being prosecuted by the police for making false claims against the suspects in his petition.
The defendant had in his petition accused Mr Onny Igbokwe and Princess Kama of conspiring with the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser, Zinox Group and Technology Distributions Limited (TD), Chris Ozims, and others to hijack and illegally execute the contract awarded to his company.