by Admin | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arraigned three directors of an oil firm, Partsmaster Oil and Gas Limited, for allegedly diverting N100m meant for the payment of contractors who executed a job for the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission. The EFCC said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, that the accused persons, Gregory Eriyanremu, Frank Ugen and Harriman Oyofo were arraigned before Justice T. O. Uloho of the Delta State High Court sitting in Warri on five charges bordering on stealing. The suspects were arraigned alongside their company, Partsmaster Oil and Gas Limited. The offence is contrary to Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code, Cap. C21, Laws of Delta State of Nigeria 2006. One of the counts reads, “That you, Partsmaster Oil and Gas Limited, Gregory Eriyamrernu, Frank Ugen and Harriman Isa Oyofo sometime between June and August 2010 at Warri in the Warri judicial division of the High Court of Delta State, stole the sum of N32,003,488.38 being money meant for payment to Ogbo Ode &Co. for contract job executed for DESOPADEC by fraudulently converting the said sum to your own use”. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge. In view of their plea, the counsel for the EFCC, Kayode Oni, asked the court to fix a date for commencement of trial. However, counsel for the accused persons pleaded with the court to allow them to continue on the bail conditions granted the accused persons when they were first arraigned. Justice Uloho adjourned till April 7, 2017 for trial and ordered the accused persons to continue on...
by Admin | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two top federal civil servants, Tomoloipre Tarigha and Ayooluwa Nuga, before Justice Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on a 12-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and forgery. Tarigha, a staff in the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, and his co-accused allegedly conspired to defraud their victims to the tune of N20million under the pretext of securing employments for them in the federal civil service. The offence contravenes Section 1 (1) (a) and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge. In view of their plea, counsel to EFCC, S. Ugwuegbulam asked the court for a date for the commencement of trial. Having not filed any application for bail, the defence counsel, K. Asunogie, prayed the court to remand the defendants in the EFCC custody to enable him have access to them this evening and “perfect what needed to be done on their behalf”. Ugwuegbulam objected saying, “the proper thing to do is to remand the suspects in prison custody, pending formal application for bail.” Justice O. Goodluck directed that the accused persons be remanded in Kuje prison and adjourned the matter to May 9th, 2017 for...
by Admin | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 40-year-old man, Oluwaseyi Owoeye who allegedly lodged in a hotel, accumulated bills to the tune of N1.7 million has been charged before an Igbosere Magistrate court in Lagos. The prosecutor, Inspector Ingobo Emby, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offence between November 2013 and March 2014. He told the court: “the defendant unlawfully lodged in Dover Hotel, located in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, in Eti-Osa Local Government Area and accumulated bills to the tune of N1.7 million and refused to pay.” The magistrate, M. Owumi, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N300,000, with two sureties in like sum. He said that the sureties must be gainfully employed, show evidence of three years tax payment, have their addresses verified and adjourned till March 27 for...
by Admin | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday arraigned one Clement Joseph, alias Dr. Omale, before Justice O. A. Otaluka of the FCT High Court sitting in Lugbe, Abuja on a 7-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N5.6million. Joseph and his accomplices who are currently on the run allegedly connived and fraudulently defrauded one Bola Akintola of the said sum under the pretext of having a mystical power to deliver her from untimely death. The offence is contrary to Section 8 (a) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act. Particulars of Count Seven of the charge read: “Clement Joseph (Alias Dr. Omale), Mr. Paul (at large), Mr. Papa (at large), Mr. Ifeanyi (at large) and Mrs. Ments (at large) on or about the 29th day of June 2016 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court with the intent to defraud obtained the sum of N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira only) from Mrs. Bola Akintola under the false pretence that you are a native doctor/ herbalist and the money was required for the purchase of materials for the cleansing of blood money contained in a polythene (Ghana Must Go) bag to prevent the untimely death of Mrs. Bola Akintola which representation you knew to be false.” The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge. In view of his plea, counsel to the EFCC, Elizabeth Alabi asked the court to fix a date for trial and urged the court to remand the defendant...
by Admin | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Police in Niger on Wednesday arrested a 45-year-old-man, over alleged rape of his three-year-old stepdaughter. The suspect was arrested in Kundu, a village in Rafi Local Government Area of the state. Police Inspector Abdullahi Mayaki, attached to the state Child Rights Protection Agency, said that the mother of the girl, Malama Fatima Bawa, reported the matter to the agency. He said that the suspect, however, denied the allegation during investigation, claiming that he only intervened whenever his wife beat the girl. But Bawa had told the agency that she caught her husband sexually abusing her daughter after he approached her for sex at night and she refused him. He said, “My husband likes sex too much, so I chased him out of the room in the night and locked the door. “It was after I chased him out that I heard my daughter, who was sleeping in the parlour, crying. “I quickly ran to her only to see my husband abusing my daughter sexually. “I am a breast feeding mother and I spend the whole of my day taking care of the children, yet my husband does not allow me to rest.” Bawa alleged that she saw blood stained and semen on the girl’s body and informed her brother in-laws wife about the incident who advised her to take the girl to the hospital. The Director-General of the agency, Hajiya Mariam Kolo, said that the victim would be treated in the hospital. Kolo also said that the suspect would be charge to court in accordance with Section 18 of the Child Rights Law. The Director-General described...
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