EFCC Arraigns Provost, Four Others for Multi-million Naira Fraud

EFCC Officials

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) monday arraigned the Provost of Federal School of Medical Laboratory Technology, Dr. Nkereuwem Etukudo and four others before a High Court in Jos for embezzlement and diversion of public funds.

Etukudo was arraigned with two other members of staffs of the institution and two contractors. The staffs are the Accountant/Bursar of the institution, Mr. Yusuf Samuel and the Data Analyst of the school, Mr. Ernest Demto. The contractors are Messrs Esio Udoh and Goodluck Echenwa.

The arraignment was before Justice Y.D. Dakwak of Court 2 in  suit Number PLDJ/36c/2015.

However, the charges were not formally read to the accused in court because the Prosecution Counsel, Mr. Steve Odiase, curiously told the court that even though the case was for arraignment, one of the accused persons, Demto, was down with kidney disease and currently receiving treatment at the National Hospital, Abuja.

He said that since they were to be jointly arraigned, it was improper to arraign the remaining without Demto.

Odiase therefore pleaded for a long adjournment to enable the parties pray for the quick recovery of the accused, adding that if by the next adjourned date, he was still unfit to stand trial, then he would amend the charges to enable the case to go on.

Dakwak granted the plea of the prosecution counsel and adjourned the case to May 2.