A former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour, Clement Onubuogo, was on Wednesday re-arrested at the Federal High Court car park, Lagos, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Onubuogo was alleged to have shunned EFCC’s invitation over an alleged diversion of N606 million SURE-P funds under his watch.
The accused had appeared before Justice Babs Kuewumi on a different charge filed by the commission.
He was arraigned over alleged non-declaration of some of his hidden cash assets to which he had pleaded not guilty.
According to the EFCC, the ex-Permanent Secretary failed to declare N97 million, 139,000 dollars and 10,000 pounds respectively found in three of his bank accounts.
When the case came up on Wednesday, the accused was present in court but the EFCC’s counsel was absent.
Onubuogo’s lawyer, Mr A. Dada, informed the…
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