The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Chief Diamond Tobin- West, the former President of the Port Harcourt Club 1928 for conspiracy and allegedly laundering the sum of ten million, one hundred and seventy thousand, one hundred and twenty naira (N10,170,120).
The former President of Port Harcourt Club 1928 was arraigned before Justice P.I. Ajoku for conspiracy and money laundering.
Other former Officers of Port Harcourt Club arraigned with him are: Tonye Azike, Christian Kenechukwu Okoli, Chief Morrison Ifeanyi Asimole, Telema Osazuwa and a firm known as Afro - Rivers Nigeria Limited.
According to multiple sources, the former Officers of the foremost Port Harcourt Club 1928 were arraigned for conspiracy and money laundering.
It was also reported that after listening to the prosecution Counsels of the defendants, Justice Ajoku adjourned the case to July 12, 2021 for consideration of bail applications and also remanded the defendants in EFCC custody.
According to news, trouble started when a petitioner alleged that the defendants embezzled and diverted funds meant for the Club to their personal use.
Source:
Official EFCC on Instagram
