The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Office on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, arraigned Deputy Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Christopher Adaji, and the Clerk of the house, Torese Agena, before Justice S. O. Itodo, of the Benue State High Court, Makurdi, for their complicity in an alleged fraud totalling N5, 040,950 (Five Million, Forty Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty Naira only).

They were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy, bribery, criminal breach of trust and abuse of office.