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Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today issued a bench warrant against
the Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Dr
Olufemi Omotoso for failing to appear in court for arraignment in a N1.2
bribe case.
Omotoso and his alleged accomplice, Ayo
Owoka, who is a lawyer, were charged to court by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 5-count charge bordering on
conspiracy, offering of gratification and giving false information to a
public officer.
The duo allegedly conspired to offer a
N1.2 million bribe to operatives of the Commission on 27 February 2014.
Owoka, 47, was arrested as he tried to bribe the officers and, on being
questioned, confessed that the money was given to him by Omotoso to
compromise the investigation into a case of contract inflation, abuse of
office, stealing, embezzlement and misappropriation of funds at the
Federal Medical Centre, Owo.
When
the matter came up today, Justice Lawal-Akapo expressed dissatisfaction
that the arraignment could not take place due to the absence of
Omotoso.
He therefore ordered operatives of the EFCC to arrest Omotoso and produce him in court on 26 January 2015 for the arraignment.
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