A senior naval officer, Bola Labinjo and fourteen others have been arraigned before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi on two charges bordering on conspiracy and unlawful dealing on petroleum products according to reports from the EFCC
Arraigned alongside Bola Labinjo are Jonathan Abaka, Charles Ikemefuna Agaba, Benjamin Gold Gageche, Hamza Yakubu, Emmanuel Oputa, Peter Dung Pulle, Innocent Akpan, Kehinde Labinjo, Pius Mathew Paul, Onoja Musa Emmanuel and Adeleke Hamed. Two companies named M.T. Adeline Jumbo, Global Shipping Activities Bureau Limited and Labland and Sea Services Limited were also involved.
Six of the defendants; Bola Labinjo, Jonathan Abuka, Ikemefuna Charles Agaba, Benjamin Gold, Hamzat Yakubu and a vessel, M.T. Adeline Jumbo were first arraigned before a vacation judge, Justice Chuka Obiozor on the same charge. They, however, pleaded not guilty and were released on bail.
