BREAKING NEWS, Judiciary
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THE absence of Justice Okon Abang of the federal high court, Abuja, stalled the planned arraignment of Alex Badeh, former chief of Defence Staff, on Thursday, March 3.
Abang was said to be outside the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on official assignment.
Badeh will now be arraigned on Monday, March 7.
The former CDS is facing a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering, criminal breach of trust and corruption.
In the charge, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, accused him of diverting about N4billion from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, with which he purchased choice property in Abuja for himself and his son identified as Alex Badeh Junior.
He allegedly committed the offences in 2013 while serving as the chief of Air Staff.
Badeh and a firm, Iyalikam Nigeria Limited are named as defendants in the suit.
— Mar 3, 2016 @ 19:20 GMT
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