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Chief medical director, lawyer, arraigned for offering bribe to EFCC operatives

Chief medical director, Dr. Olufemi Omotosho.

Chief medical director, lawyer, arraigned for offering bribe to EFCC operatives

byPress Release
March 3, 2015
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has arraigned the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Olufemi Omotosho, and his counsel, Ayodele Owoka, before Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of the Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to offer gratification to a public officer, destruction of evidence and giving of false information.

Mr. Owoka was arrested on February 27 at the EFCC’s office in Ikoyi, Lagos, where he had reportedly gone to bribe a team of operatives investigating a case of contract inflation, abuse of office, stealing, embezzlement and misappropriation of funds at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State.

Ayodele Owoka, COuncel to Dr. Olufemi Omotosho.
Ayodele Owoka, COuncel to Dr. Olufemi Omotosho.

The lawyer confessed after his arrest that he offered the operatives, N1,200,000.00( One Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira ), which was allegedly given to him by Dr. Omotosho, to bribe the team to soft pedal on their investigations.

Mr. Owoka said he was offered a total sum of N1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) but withheld N300,000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira ) for his personal use.

When the charges were read to the two accused persons, they pleaded not guilty.

One of the charge reads: “That you Ayodele Owoka and Dr Olufemi Omotosho on or about the 27th day of February, 2014 at Lagos within the Ikeja Judiciary Division conspired to commit felony by offering gratification to a public officer to wit: Usman Zakari and the investigating team of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in order that they refrain from acting in the exercise of their official duties regarding the investigation of the petition against you for fraud at the Federal Medical Centre Owo.”

Chief medical director, Dr. Olufemi Omotosho.
Chief medical director, Dr. Olufemi Omotosho.

In view of the plea of the defendants, prosecution counsel, Oyedepo Rotimi, asked for a trial date and prayed the court to remand the accused persons in prison custody.

But the counsel to the 1st and 2nd defendants, E.C Eshieawene and O. Wahab were opposed to the move to remand the defendants in prison custody. They prayed the court to use discretion and remand them at the EFCC custody.

Justice Lawal Akapo, having considered the plea of counsels to the defendants, ordered that the defendants be remanded in EFCC custody and the matter was adjourned to March 12 for argument on bail application.

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