Immediate past governor of Benue state, Gabriel Suswam, and his finance commissioner, Omodachi Okolobia have been remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) pending the perfection of their bail conditions in the Federal High Court in Abuja.
EFCC arraigned Suswam and Okolobia before Justice Ahmed Muhammed over a 9-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N3.1 billion.
They were alleged to have diverted the proceeds of the sale of shares owned by the Benue State Government and Benue Investment and Property Company Limited.
