Press Release
A Lagos High Court
sitting in Ikeja today issued a bench warrant against the Medical Director of
Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Dr Olufemi Omotoso for failing to
appear in court for arraignment in a N1.2 bribe case.
Omotoso and his
alleged accomplice Ayo Owoka, who is a lawyer, were charged to court by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 5-count charge bordering
on conspiracy, offering of gratification and giving false information to a
public officer.
The duo allegedly conspired to offer a N1.2 million
bribe to operatives of the Commission on 27 February 2014. Owoka, 47, was
arrested as he tried to bribe the officers and, on being questioned, confessed
that the money was given to him by Omotoso to compromise the investigation into
a case of contract inflation, abuse of office, stealing, embezzlement and
misappropriation of funds at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo.
When the matter came
up today, Justice Lawal-Akapo expressed dissatisfaction that the arraignment
could not take place due to the absence of Omotoso.
He therefore ordered
operatives of the EFCC to arrest Omotoso and produce him in court on 26 January
2015 for the arraignment.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media &Publicity
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