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Oba Otudeko flees  Nigeria as EFCC closes in

 

The former chairman of the First Bank of Nigeria (FBN),Oba Otudeko has fled the country according to report .

His departure comes in the wake of his imminent arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 13-count charge of alleged fraud.

Ut was reported  that the businessman fled the  country via one of the land borders.

According to security sources, he was dropped off at the Nigeria-Benin border on Thursday evening by a family member.

Earlier on Thursday, the EFCC filed charges against Otudeko and three others at the federal high court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining a N30 billion loan under false pretences. The anti-graft agency said the defendants would be arraigned on Monday.

The three other defendants are Stephen Olabisi Onasanya, a former group managing director of FBN; Soji Akintayo, an ex-board member of Honeywell Flour Mills plc; and Anchorage Limited, a company linked to Otudeko.

Source : The Cable

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