SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, (THEWILL) –A former Head of Service, Mr. Steve Oronsaye, has been charged before a federal high court in Abuja for graft during his tenure as head of the civil service.
According to court papers seen by THEWILL, the former top bureaucrat alongside two other persons, Osarenkhoe Afe and Frederick Hamilton as well as Global Services Limited, allegedly siphoned at least N1.2 billion from the federal treasury during his tenure as head of the civil service.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which filed 24-count charges bordering on money laundering and corruption against them Friday, also alleged that one of the accomplices in the alleged crime, Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, who is now at large, all connived to commit procurement fraud in the biometric enrolment job purportedly awarded to Innovative Solutions Limited without following due process.
All the accused persons are still being held at an EFCC detention facility in Abuja.
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