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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has formally challenged the acquittal of a erstwhile Executive Director of Projects astatine the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Engr. Tuoyo Omatsuli, and 3 others implicit an alleged N3.6 cardinal fraud.
The anti-graft bureau filed a announcement of entreaty earlier the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, seeking to overturn the March 3, 2026, judgement delivered by Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, which discharged and acquitted each 4 defendants.
Those listed successful the entreaty alongside Omatsuli see Francis Momoh, Don Parker Properties Limited, and Building Associates Limited.
According to the EFCC, the proceedings tribunal erred successful its valuation of grounds and failed to decently use ineligible principles successful arriving astatine its decision.
The Commission, done its counsel Ekene Iheanacho, SAN, raised 7 grounds of entreaty and is asking the appellate tribunal to acceptable speech the ruling.
Justice Osiagor had ruled that the prosecution did not sufficiently beryllium the allegations contained successful the 46-count charge, contempt presenting 16 witnesses and 34 exhibits during the retrial.
However, the EFCC insists that the proceedings justice “misconceived the instrumentality and facts,” peculiarly successful narration to testimonies by cardinal prosecution witnesses.
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