N7.74bn fraud: Court to give new date for Kenny Martins trial
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is expected to fix a new date for the hearing of the criminal trial preferred against Chief Kenny Martins by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
This development was informed by the ongoing lockdown directive by the Federal Government to prevent the spread of deadly COVID-19 in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja.
Justice Modupe Adebiyi had earlier fixed Tuesday, April 28, 2020 for the hearing of the matter but due to pending cases arising from the lockdown, the court is expected to fix new hearing dates and communicate same to the parties accordingly.
The EFCC is prosecuting Kenny Martins, the coordinator of the Police Equipment Fund (PEF), following his alleged connivance with three others to embezzle about N7,7billion belonging to the Police Equipment Fund.
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The Supreme Court, however, on March 23, 2018, dismissed Kenny Martins appeal, thus finally giving the green light for the commencement of his trial.
Thus, the EFCC amended the charges against Kenny Martins and other defendants and arraigned them before Justice Adebiyi on January 15, 2020 for their various alleged roles in forging Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) documents to facilitate the PEF fraud among other allegations.
