Former Chairman, House Committee on Capital Markets, Rep. Herman Hembe being led by EFCC Officials when he appeared at the High Court on charges of fraud in Abuja on Thursday |
ABUJA — Trial of the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and Other Institutions, Mr. Herman Hembe, kicked off on a dramatic note, yesterday, as the lawmaker declined to either mount the dock or enter his plea to a charge he said was grossly incompetent.
The embattled lawmaker, who was marshalled into the court room by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at exactly 9:11 a.m, insisted that the trial court lacked the jurisdiction to okay him for trial, saying the proof of evidence tendered against him by the commission failed to disclose a prima-facie criminal case capable of warranting his prosecution.
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