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The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate within the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, is to look in court docket at this time in a case most popular towards him by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC).
He’s being tried on an eight-count cost of cash laundering to the tune of N700 million reportedly deployed to prosecute the 2015 common elections.
Ize-Iyamu, who just lately defected to the APC from the Peoples Democratic Social gathering (PDP), is standing trial alongside 4 others earlier than Justice J. M. Umar of the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Benin Metropolis.
The anti-graft company, within the swimsuit marked FHC/BE21C/ 2016, mentioned the gubernatorial hopeful and the opposite accused allegedly collected the general public funds for the polls, opposite to the provisions of the EFCC Act and the Cash Laundering (Prohibition) Act.
