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Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu along with a former Deputy Governor and a former member of the House of Representatives, have been remanded in prison custody.
The Nation reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has remanded Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Chief Dan Orbih, a former Deputy Governor, Mr, Lucky Imasuen, a former member of the House of Representatives, Tony Azegbemi and Efe Anthony to prison custody.
They are to remain in prison pending when they meet their bail applications.
Recall that Ize-Iyamu was the governoship aspirate last year for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Pastor Ize-Iyamu and others were arraigned on Thursday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on eight count charges of laundering the sum of N700m.
Justice P.I Adjokwu remanded them to prison custody after rejecting a plea by Counsel to Ize-Iyamu, Charles Edosomwan that they be kept in the custody of the EFCC.
More details later….
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