The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, arraigned a former Managing Director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank, Roberts Orya  for alleged impersonation, misappropriation, and abuse of office.

Orya was arraigned before Justice F.E Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo Abuja, on a 49-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, impersonation, misappropriation, official corruption, fraud and abuse of office.

In a statement signed by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, the commission accused the defendant of abusing his position as managing director of the bank to obtain over N1.4 billion from NEXIM Bank.

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One of the charges, read, “That you Mr Roberts Orya while being the managing director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM BANK) on or about the 21st day of September 2011 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud induced Nigerian Export-Import Bank to pay to Treasure Mix Construction Limited the sum of Four Hundred and Eighty-eight Million Naira (N488,000,000) as a loan under the pretence that the directors of Luxurium Leisure Services Limited applied for and are the beneficiaries of the said loan which pretence you knew was false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1 (1)(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1 (3) of the same Act.”