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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a former Chairman of Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Mr. Felix Tangwami, for a N982m alleged fraud.
The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Wednesday that that the former council boss was arraigned before Justice Helen Nuhu Hamman Joda of Adamawa State High Court in Yola.
Uwujaren said Tangwami was arraigned on five counts bordering on obtaining by false pretense to the tune of N982,468,000.
He said that the former council boss used his position to award a number of contracts to companies which he had interest in and failed to deliver on them.
Uwujaren quoted the contracts to include “contracts for supply of cerebrospinal meningitis vaccines awarded in favour of Binam Integrated Services Ltd; supply of vaccines for immunization against typhoid in favor of Nchaloro Nigeria Ltd; supply of 500 units of motorcycles to be distributed to all the Local government Areas in Adamawa State in favor of Bange Integrated service Ltd; building of a school for technical skill acquisition in Numan in favor of Bange Company Ltd; and the supply of anti-snake venom in favor of Tafari Nigeria Ltd.”
He said the former council boss pleaded not guilty to the charge and was admitted to bail in a sum of N500m and a surety, who must be a family man with a landed property worth N100m.
Hearing was fixed for February 22, 2016.
