Saturday, March 1, 2025 - Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, February 27, 2025, convicted and sentenced an Indian, Chandra Singh to 10 years imprisonment for procurement fraud.
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC had on Thursday, November 24, 2022, arraigned him before
Justice Ijelu on a 19-count charge bordering on alleged retention of stolen
property and bribery to the tune of N816,361,386.75( Eight Hundred and Sixteen
Million, Three Hundred and Sixty One Thousand, Three Hundred and
Eighty Six, Naira, Seventeen Five Naira)
One of the counts reads
"That Chandra Prankash Singh, on or before 1st of January, 2021,
within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst in the employment of
African Natural Resources and Mines Limited, solicited indirectly to confer
undue advantage for your company, CVN Engineering Limited, in order that you
influence your employee to award the supply of items costing N365,757,457.00 to
CVN Engineering Limited."
Another count reads
"That Chandra Prankash Singh, on or before 1st of January, 2021,
within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst in the employment of
African Natural Resources and Mines Limited, solicited indirectly to confer
undue advantage for your company, Neo Paints Nigeria Limited, in order that you
influence your employee to award the supply of items costing N243,141,638.75 to
Neo Paints Nigeria Limited."
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