The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on Wednesday , re - arraigned the suspended Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission , Moddibo Kawu , on five counts of N 2 . 5 bn fraud and abuse of office .
The case involves of N 2 . 5 bn allegedly misappropriated in the course of disbursing the seed grant for Federal Government’ s Digital Switch - Over project .
Kawu was re - arraigned alongside two other defendants , Dipo Onifade and Pinnacle Communications Limited at the Federal High Court in Abuja .
The re - arraignment followed an amendment made to the original 12 counts to remove the name of a deceased defendant , Lucky Omoluwa , who was the Chairman of Pinnacle Communications .
The number of counts also reduced from 12 to five .
The re- arraigned defendants pleaded not guilty to five counts on Wednesday .
Justice Folashade Giwa - Ogunbanjo had in her June 3 , 2020 ruling dismissed the no -case submission filed by Kawu and his two co - defendants , and ordered them to open their defence on Wednesday .
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