A former Chairman of Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Mr Felix Tangwami has been arraigned before a Yola High Court over frauds amounting to N982m.
Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC
said in a statement on Wednesday that the former local government chairman was docked before Justice Helen Nuhu Hamman Joda of Adamawa State High Court in Yola.
Tangwami is standing trial for fraudulently obtaining various sums of money to the tune of N982,468,000.
The statement said that the fraud involved “contracts for supply of cerebrospinal meningitis vaccines awarded in favour of Binam Integrated Services Ltd; supply of vaccines for immunization against typhoid in favor of Nchaloro Nigeria Ltd; supply of 500 units of motorcycles to be distributed to all the Local government Areas in Adamawa State in favor of Bange Integrated service Ltd;building of a school for technical skill acquisition in Numan in favor of Bange Company Ltd; and the supplyof anti-snake venom in favor of Tafari Nigeria Ltd.”
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail in the sum of N500m and a surety, who must be a family man with a landed property worth not less than N100m.
The case was adjourned till February 22, 2016 for hearing.
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