Former Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, Fidet Okhiria Edetanle, has been arraigned for alleged fraud involving $385,000 and ₦165,438,000.00.
The defendant was arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday.
Edetanle was arraigned on a seven-count charge bordering on alleged abuse of office, money laundering, and unlawful enrichment by a public official.
According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the offences are said to contravene Sections 332(1) and 332(3), Section 73(1), and Section 82(c) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Details later.
