Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday ordered
Nollywood film marketer Olajide Oluwaseun Karrem popularly known as Seun Egbegbe and
his co-accused, Oyekan Ayomide to be remanded
in prison custody till next Tuesday when their bail applications would be entertained.
Egbegbe and his accomplice, Ayomide were last
Friday arraigned before the court for allegedly
defrauding some Bureau De Change (BDC)
operators of multi-million naira.
The men of State Criminal Investigation and
Intelligence Department (SCIID) of Lagos State
Police Command, Panti-Yaba, had arraigned him
and co-accused on 36 counts charge of
conspiracy and fraud.
In the charge marked FHC/L/40c/2017, filed
before the court by the SCIID’s head of legal
department, Mr. Effiong Asuquo, a Chief
Superintendent of Police (CSP), the two accused,
had between 2016 and February 2, 2017, were
alleged to have defrauded the BDC Operators at
various places in Lagos State to the tune of
N40.647 million; $29, 800,00 USD; and £4, 815
United Kingdom Pounds Sterling.
The offences alleged to have been committed by
the two accused persons, are contrary to sections
8 and 1(1)(a)(B)(3) of Advance Fee Fraud and
Other Related Offences Act 2006, and punishable
under section 1(1) of the same Act.
At the resumed hearing of the accused persons
bail application today, their lawyer, Miss. A. O.
Gbadamoshi, told the court that she started the
process of filling their applications last Friday,
and that she succeeded in completing the filing
processes on Tuesday, and served the
applications at the police office on Tuesday. She
also informed the court that she called the
prosecutor, Mr. Innocent Anyigor, that she had
served his office.
In response, the police prosecutor, Mr. Anyigor,
informed the court that he was unable to file a
counter to the applications, as he was only given
the accused applications bail in the office on
Wednesday morning. He told the court that he
will need time to study the contents of the
applications before filing any response.
Consequently Mr. Anyigor urged the court to
grant him adjournment to enable him reply to the
accused persons’ bail applications.
Among the BDC operators allegedly defrauded by
the two accused includes:Issa Adamu,
Mohammed Sanni, Jubril Ado, Hassan Amodu,
Bala Mohammed, Sanni Hassan, Abdullahi
Mumuni, Suraju Garuba, Mutairu Shuaibu, Sanusi
Muhammad, Kabiru Jubril.
Others are: Barowo Abdullahi, Yahu, Abubakar
Musa, Abdullahi Babatunde, Nasir Musa, Umaru
Haruna, Umaru Sanni, Mohammed Bello,
Mohammed Alli, Abdulrazaq Sanni, Tairu Musa,
Sulaiman Sheu, Amadu Abda and Dauda Ibrahim.
Count one of the charge against the two alleged
fraudsters reads: “that you Olajide Oluwaseun
Karrem and Oyekan ayomide, on or about 2nd
February, 2017, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of
this Honourable court by false pretence and with
intent to defraud conspired among yourselves to
obtain the sum of N2. 450, 000 million; £3000
Pounds Sterling from one Alhaji Isa Adamu, and
therefore committed an offence contrary to
Section 8 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other
Related Offences, and punishable under the same
Act.
The two accused pleaded not guilty to all the
counts charge. Upon their not-guilty plea, the
prosecutor, Mr. Innocent Anyigor,urged the court
to remand them in prison custody pending trial.
Thereafter, Justice Oguntoyinbo, ordered that the
two accused persons should be remanded in
prison custody and adjourned the hearing of their
bail applications to February 21st.
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