August 11, 2008
An Ikeja High Court with Justice Olubunmi Oyewole presiding, on Tuesday granted bail to Chief Bode George, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart and former board chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and four others. He has been charged with alleged fraud, abuse of office and embezzlement of public funds while he was board chairman of NPA. Chief George was arrested in Abuja last Wednesday and flown to the Lagos office of the EFCC. He was arraigned on Thursday and has been in the EFCC custody since then. The EFCC arraigned him on a 164 -count charge alongside four other former management staff of NPA: Aminu Dabo, Zanna Mai Deribe, Akin O. Abidoye, Alhaji Abdullahi Aminu Tafida, with whom he allegedly embezzled N84 billion naira in contract awards that violated federal guidelines for awarding contracts. Over 24,000 contracts were awarded to phony contractors within the period in question.
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