A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for three staff of the Account and Finance Department of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) after they failed to appear in court for a multi-million-naira fraud case brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
The ICPC had charged four REA employees with allegedly receiving about N1 billion under the pretense of false project supervision.
When the cases were called on Thursday before Justice Emeka Nwite, Henrietta Onormen Okojie, Umar Musa Karaye and Emmanuel Pada Titus were absent and were not represented by any counsel.
ICPC counsel Dr Osuobeni Ekoi Akponimisingha informed the court that the defendants were duly served and notified of their arraignment but chose not to appear.
