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ICPC drops school result forgery charges against ex-presidential aide, Obono-Obla
The anti-corruption agency has dropped the charges of school result falsification and forgery it levelled against the ex-presidential aide in 2019.
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Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has amended the corruption and certificate forgery charges it filed against an ex-presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla.
The amendment, coming less than two months after Mr Obono-Obla and his co-defendants were arraigned by the commission, reduced the number of counts from 10 to five.
The amended charges filed at the High Court of the FCT, in Apo, Abuja, on March 4 and seen by PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday, also revealed that the anti-corruption agency has backtracked on its allegations of certificate forgery sensationally levelled against Mr Obono-Obla in 2019.
• To Be Re-Arraigned On Similar Charge On Monday, Says Lawyer
Former Special Assistant on Prosecution to President Muhammadu Buhari, Okoi Obono-Obla, and two others, were yesterday arraigned before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo on a 10- count charge filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).
Obono-Obla, who was earlier suspended by Buhari as chairman of the disbanded Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), was arraigned alongside his Senior Assistant, Special Duties (Protocol), Aliyu Ibrahim, and Managing Director, ABR Global Petroleum Resources Limited, Daniel Omughele.
The defendants were accused of diverting N19, 994,185.00 meant for the furnishing of SPIP offices.Obono-Obla was also accused of forging his academic credentials.
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