The Federal High Court in Abuja headed by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba has finally concluded the case involving former Air Vice Marshall AVM Omenyi and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as we reported earlier, as he was found guilty of the amended three-count charge brought against him and has been sentenced to an accumulated 21 jail term – seven years on each of the three counts, to run concurrently.
According to the statement released by EFCC, AVM Omenyi, who was arraigned by the anti-graft agency on November 11, 2016 along with his company, Huzee Nigeria Limited, for abuse of office and money laundering to the tune of N136,323,000 (One Hundred and Thirty Six Million Three Hundred and Twenty Three Thousand Naira) only was convicted on February 28, 2019.
AVM Omenyi had pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, thereby setting the stage for his trial.
Delivering judgement, the trial judge Justice Nnamdi Dimgba noted that the explanations given by the defence in the course of the trial were not credible enough, and that the court was satisfied that the prosecution proved its case beyond every reasonable doubt.
Justice Dimgba held that: “Having fully reflected on the above defence as well as evaluated the evidence before me, as a matter of fact, I agree with prosecution that the defence is a sham.