The Federal Government has filed criminal charges against two serving senators, Hope Uzodinma and Stella Oduah, accusing them of failing to declare their assets.
The charge, which bothers on two counts each, were filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel, SPIP, for the recovery of public property.
In the charge, both Oduah and Uzodinma were alleged to have refused to declare their assets in March, 2018 without reasonable excuse before the SPIP for the recovery of public property, Abuja, an offence contrary to section 3, subsection 3 and 1a of the Recovery of Public Property (special provision) act 2004.
The suit against Oduah has been assigned to Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, while the one filed against Uzodinma is assigned to Justice Babatunde Quadri.
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