The arraignment of the immediate past
Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme and Special Adviser to former
President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku and his
Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Henry Ogbolue, has been stalled
following the absence of the accused persons.
In a three-count charge
preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
the duo are accused of criminal conspiracy and award of contract worth over 27
million Naira to a private company which has Ogbolue as the sole signatory to
the account of the company.
Ogbolue is also being
accused of knowingly and deliberately failing to disclose his ownership of an
immovable property located at Ploy 261, Durumi, Abuja while completing his
assets declaration form on September 4, 2015.
The
arrangement has however being fixed for the 20th of April.
