An FCT High Court Apo, on Wednesday granted a former Inspector-General of Police , Sunday Ehindero, leave to file his no-case submission out of time.
The former police boss and a Commissioner of Police in charge of finance and budget at the Force headquarters, John Obaniyi, are being tried by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before Justice Sylvanus Oriji, on an amended 10-count charge bordering on fraud, giving false statement and conspiracy.
They were accused by ICPC of misusing the sum of N557 million donated by the Bayelsa Government to the Nigerian Police Force to purchase of arms and ammunition, which they were alleged to have diverted into separate accounts belonging to them.
ICPC alleged that the defendants conspired and used their positions to place N500million being part of N557 million donated by the Bayelsa Government in two fixed deposit accounts.
The case was then adjourned the case until Sept. 16 for adoption of written addresses on the no-case submission by the parties.
