A
former member of the House of Representatives, Chidi Duru, was arraigned Monday
before a chief magistrate court at Tinubu, Lagos, on a four-count charge of
conspiracy and stealing.
Mr. Duru, who
represented Ahiazu-Ezinihitte Mbaise Federal Constituency between 1999 and
2003, was arraigned alongside a lawyer, Smart Iheazor.
According to the police
prosecutor, both men on January 11, 2017, allegedly invaded the head office of
the First Guarantee Pension Limited (FGPL), in the company of others still at
large, with the intent to forcefully take over the management and assets of the
Pension Fund Administrator.
Messrs Duru and
Iheazor, who are lawyers with 28 and 30 post-Bar experience respectively, were
also accused of carting away valuables from the company’s premises at 65,
Kudirat Abiola Way, Oregun, Ikeja Lagos.
The
magistrate granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 each with one surety
each in like sum.
The matter was
adjourned till March 9, 2017 for trial.
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