Justice
Lateefa Okunnu of a Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, will on January 13,
2017 deliver judgement in a N1.9 billion oil subsidy theft charge
brought against Walter Wagbatsoma, Adaoha Ugo- Ndagi and Ontario Oil
& Gas Limited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
They
are alleged to have on July 7, 2010 obtained the sum of N340, 000,000
by false pretence from the Federal Government purporting the money to be
subsidy payable to Ontario Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited. The offence is
among several others brought against them by the EFCC in a case of
conspiracy, obtaining property by false pretence, forgery and altering
of documents.
Justice
Okunnu had earlier dismissed all three applications filed on behalf of
Walter Wagbatsoma, Adaoha Ugo-Ngadi and their company, Ontario Oil and
Gas Nigeria Limited, challenging the jurisdiction and competence of the
lower court as well as a no-case submission, argued by the defendants.
Their
attempt to also use the Court of Appeal to stop their trial also
failed. In a lead ruling delivered by Justice Amina Augie, on April 30,
2015, the appellate court again dismissed their applications to stop the
trial, by affirming the jurisdiction of the lower court, and ordered
him and others to “go and face trial”.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head Media & Publicity
11th January, 2017
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