T.Y Danjuma’s Aide In Court for N2bn naira scam
T.Y Danjuma’s Aide In Court for N2bn naira
scam
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A special assistant to former Minister of
Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Y. Danjuma (retd),
Manasseh Zorto, was brought before a Federal
High Court in Lagos State for allegedly
defrauding his boss of N2bn.
The suspect, who was said to be at large, could
not be arraigned before Justice Okon Abang on
Friday.
When the matter was called for hearing, the
counsel to the Special Fraud Unit, Chief Godwin
Obla, said the police were having challenges in
bringing the accused to court.
He, however, said the police would apply for
bench warrant for the arrest of the fleeing
suspect.
Obla said: “My lord, we are in court today so as
not to allow the matter to be unattended to. We
humbly pray the court to grant us more time to
bring the accused to court for arraignment.
“For now, we don’t want to apply for bench
warrant but we will make more efforts to arrest
the accused”.
Justice Abang consequently fixed October 2 for
the arraignment.
According to the charge sheet, Zorto was said
to have fraudulently used his position as an
employee of Tita-Kuru Petrochemicals Limited,
T.Y Holdings Limited and Central Realities
Limited, all companies linked to the former
minister, to steal about N2bn from the
companies.
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A special assistant to former Minister of
Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Y. Danjuma (retd),
Manasseh Zorto, was brought before a Federal
High Court in Lagos State for allegedly
defrauding his boss of N2bn.
The suspect, who was said to be at large, could
not be arraigned before Justice Okon Abang on
Friday.
When the matter was called for hearing, the
counsel to the Special Fraud Unit, Chief Godwin
Obla, said the police were having challenges in
bringing the accused to court.
He, however, said the police would apply for
bench warrant for the arrest of the fleeing
suspect.
Obla said: “My lord, we are in court today so as
not to allow the matter to be unattended to. We
humbly pray the court to grant us more time to
bring the accused to court for arraignment.
“For now, we don’t want to apply for bench
warrant but we will make more efforts to arrest
the accused”.
Justice Abang consequently fixed October 2 for
the arraignment.
According to the charge sheet, Zorto was said
to have fraudulently used his position as an
employee of Tita-Kuru Petrochemicals Limited,
T.Y Holdings Limited and Central Realities
Limited, all companies linked to the former
minister, to steal about N2bn from the
companies.
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