Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye, has been rearrested for alleged corruption and obtaining money by false pretence enshrined in section 419 of the criminal code by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Mr. Oronsaye had been arrested before but in accordance to a directive from the Federal high court in Abuja was released from detention for an alleged N6.2billion fraud.
Mr. Oronsaye who is already being prosecuted by the EFCC on 24-count charge of money laundering before a Federal High Court, Abuja, is alleged to have abused his position as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force and obtained a sum amounting to N240 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria citing assistance to the Committee as his cover all without the knowledge of other committee members. He allegedly went ahead and put the money to personal use.
Investigators claim that the case against Oronsaye is almost at its end and that a fresh two-count charge had been filed against Mr. Oronsaye at the Federal Capital Territory High Court.
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