The Plateau State High Court has adjourned to the 20th Day of October, 2026 on alleged money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, against Dr. Sunday Etukudoh and Ernest Domtoe.
The case had suffered over 20 years of setbacks when EFCC couldn’t prosecute the Provost of the Federal School of Medical Laboratories Jos, as the prosecuting counsel always introduced fresh complaints, or due to a lack of proper services.
The court re-arraigned Sunday Etukudoh and Ernest Domtoe on an alleged N359 million fraud which they allegedly diverted the money meant for the development of the school located at Lamingo ,JUTH permanent site.
Dr. Sunday Nkereuwem Etukudoh and Ernest Domtoe were charged with 16 count charges as the court promised accelerated hearing but when matter came up for Case Management Conference, CMC, counsel to EFCC said he couldn’t serve the defendants due to his ill health.
According to him, he has been sick so he couldn’t carry out service on the defense counsels.
And based on the direction of Plateau State High Court rules the defendants need to be served properly, he pleaded for more time to serve them.
The EFCC sought a long adjournment, knowing that the matter is a criminal case which was instituted over 20 years ago, starting with Rtd. Justice Yakubu Dakwak to Rtd Justice Daniel Longji and Rtd Justice Christine Dabup all retired.
Now , when Hon Justice S.P.Gang of the state High Court after many years of delay on 2nd Day of June, 2026 re-arraigned them on 16 count charges, now there has been another long adjournment on the alleged money laundering and misappropriation of N1.2 billion.
The EFCC re-arraigned Mr Etukudo and Ernest of the school, on a sixteen -count charge bordering on conspiracy, money laundering, and misappropriation of public funds. EFCC said the alleged offences were committed in February 2011.
Part of the count says; “On 29/2 /2011, the sum of N1.38m, was transferred from the school budget account into Zenith Bank private account by Mr. Henry Oyobo, and N943m into another private account at United African Bank, in connivance with the provost, which is punishable under section 1 sub sec 1a, under the 2006 criminal act,” the charge sheet read.
However, the prosecution counsel, S.A. Tundelayimi, asked that the accused persons, based on the gravity of allegations against them, should be under accelerated hearing, not a series of adjournment.
