No fewer than three men identified as Saka Olubamishe, Omogoye Olusegun and Olumuyiwa Adesina, have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, before the Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly obtaining N29,386, 500, under pretence of transferring dollar to Copart Auto Auction in America.
FUSION CHRONICLES NIGERIA NEWSPAPER gathered that the defendants, who were arraigned before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, are facing three counts bordering on conspiracy, stealing and obtaining preferred against them by the EFCC.
The EFCC prosecuting counsel, B. M. Isha, informed the court that the defendants committed the offences sometime in July 2023 in Lagos adding that the trio conspired amongst themselves and fraudulently converted the sum of N29, 386, 500, property of Awolaja Sherri Ajibola and Akintoye Ganiyu, to their use.
The prosecutor stated that the defendants allegedly defrauded the victims by obtaining the cumulative sum of N29, 386, 500, under the false pretence that they had the dollar equivalent of the said sum at the rate of N750 per dollar to transfer to Copart Auto Auction in America which pretence they knew was false.
The prosecutor, stated that they offences committed contravened Sections 411, 280(2), of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015, 1(1) (a) and 1(3), of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006. However, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
