Benue: Court remands ex-BSIEC boss over fraud allegations

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Justice M.S. Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, has ordered the remand of the former Chairman of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr Terso Loko, over an alleged N1.1 billion fraud.

Loko and 10 others were on Wednesday arraigned before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on 30 counts bordering on criminal misappropriation of public funds and money laundering.

Others charged alongside him are Kuleve Kelvin Terlumun, Serki Mtomga Manasseh, Ugbede Denen Ronald, Tatyough Thaddeus, Angwa Dominic Terhember, Uwua Benjamin Igbawua, Adese Asom, Orkuma Emmanuel Nyiusta, Owoicho Odeh, and Mhir Iyenge.

The former electoral commission boss was arrested by the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the EFCC following a petition alleging large-scale diversion of funds released for the conduct of local government elections in the state. Punch