PDP chairman, others remanded
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adjokwu who rejected the plea by defendants counsel mr charles edosomwan ordered them to be remanded in prison until they met the bail conditions1 the federal high court in benin has ordered that the chairman of peoples democratic party pdp in edo chief dan orbih be remanded in prison custody if he failed to perfect his bail1 also granted bail in the same condition were the former deputy governor mr lucky imasuen a former member of the house of representatives tony azegnemi and efe anthony1 justice p. adjokwu ordered the defendants to produce a surety each in like sum1 the judge ordered that the sureties who must not be below salary grade level 16 must also be house owners with certificates of occupancy c of o that should be deposited with the courts deputy registrar1 the court had on thursday granted the orbih and mr osagie ize-iyamu the 2016 governorship candidate bail in the sum of n10 million for alleged n700 million fraud1 the judge adjourned the case till july 41 efcc had arraigned the defendants on an eight-count charge of laundering the sum of n700 million1 the efcc alleged that the defendants were arraigned for receiving n700 million prior to the 2015 general elections from former oil minister diezani alison-madueke1 the money was part of the 115 million that diezani pilfered from the treasury1 he said the offence contravened section 152dof the money laundering prohibited act 2011as amended by the money laundering prohibition punishable under section 153 of same act. nan1