A Lagos High
Court sitting in Ikeja today issued a bench warrant against the Medical
Director of Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Dr Olufemi Omotoso for
failing to appear in court for arraignment in a N1.2 bribe case.
Omotoso and his alleged accomplice Ayo Owoka,
who is a lawyer, were charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on a 5-count charge bordering on conspiracy, offering of
gratification and giving false information to a public officer.
The duo allegedly conspired to offer a N1.2
million bribe to operatives of the Commission on 27 February 2014. Owoka, 47,
was arrested as he tried to bribe the officers and, on being questioned,
confessed that the money was given to him by Omotoso to compromise the
investigation into a case of contract inflation, abuse of office, stealing,
embezzlement and misappropriation of funds at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo.
When the matter came up today, Justice
Lawal-Akapo expressed dissatisfaction that the arraignment could not take place
due to his absence to Omotoso.
Source: EFCC Site
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