The EFCC, on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 arraigned Air Vice
Marshal Alkali Mohammed Mamu, a former Air Officer Training Command and a
member of the Committee for Procurement, Ministry of Defence, before Justice
Salisu Garba of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on a 3-count
charge of bribery.
Mamu, while being the Air Officer Training Command and
member of Committee for Procurement under the Ministry of Defence, allegedly
collected a cash gift in the sum of N5.9million (five million, nine hundred
thousand naira) for the purchase of a Range Rover Evoque, $300,000 (three
hundred thousand US dollars) and two vehicles (Ford Expedition SUV and Jaguar
XF Saloon) valued at N15million and N12million respectively from Societe D’
Equipments Internationaux Nigeria Limited, a contractor with the Nigerian Air
Force. The offence is contrary to Section 17 (a) of the Independent Corrupt
Practices and other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section
17(c) of the same Act. Justice Garba, after listening to both counsel adjourned
to July 1, 2016 for ruling on the bail application and commencement of trial.
The defendant is to be remanded in prison custody
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