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Former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro & two others sent to jail by a Federal High Court In Abuja(PHOTOS)

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Former Minister of Interior,Abba Moro and two othets were today sent to jail by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The court ordered the immediate remand of the three in Kuje prison, pending the hearing of their bail application on March 2nd.









Abba Moro,Anaesthesia Nwaobia, a Permanent Secretary in the ministry and a Deputy Director Finance, F.O Alayegbami, were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on an 11 count criminal charge over the 2014 N676 million Nigerian Immigration recruitment scandal that lead to the death of more than 20 job seekers. The defendants are accused of obtaining by false pretence, procurement fraud and money laundering. They are said to have defrauded 676,675 applicants, each job seeker paying the sum of N1000 for registration in the job recruitment scam.
The presiding judge, Justice Anwuli Chikere, however granted bail to second defendant, Anaesthesia Nwaobia, because she recently gave birth to a baby and is still nursing her child.
The accused however pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred them.
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