Justice Io Ijelu of the High Court of Lagos State was convicted on Thursday, February 27, 2025 and sentenced Indian Chandra Singh to 10 years in prison.
The Lagos Regional Bureau of the EFCC Economic and Financial Crime Commission filed a lawsuit before the Ijelu justice on Thursday, November 24, 2022, alleging that alleged the retention of stolen property and bribery to retain n816,361,361,386.75 (eight hundred and six million, three million, three million and six million, three million and six million, three million and six million, three million and six million, three thousand, three million and six million)
One of them reads
“That Chandra Prankash Singh, on or before 1st of January, 2021, within the judgment of this Honorable 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 read
“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.”
