A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the remand of two staff of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in Kuje Correctional Facility for an alleged N1.853 billion fraud.
Umar Laraye and Emmanuel Titus were alleged to have defrauded the REA of N165 million and N261 million respectively.
The presiding judge, Emeka Nwite, ordered that they be remanded pending the determination of their bail application.
Laraye and Titus are among four officials of REA being tried for alleged N1.85 billion fraud by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).