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| Opeyemi |
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| Olarenwaju |
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| Alao |
The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on (today) October 10, 2012, arraigned
three individuals and two companies before Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos
High Court on a six count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain money by
false pretences, forgery and uttering to the tune of N1.110,049,444. 35 (One
Billion, One Hundred and Ten Million, Forty Nine Thousand, Four Hundred and
Forty-Four Naira, Thirty-Five Kobo).
The three persons and two companies are:
Opeyemi Ajuyah, Abdulahi Alao and Olanrewaju Olalusi, Majope Investment Limited
and Axenergy Limited.
They are
alleged to have conspired to obtain the money by false pretence contrary to section
1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
They are
also accused of forgery, uttering and defrauding the Federal government of over
N1.1billion by falsely claiming that the sum represented subsidy accruing to
them under the Petroleum Support Fund.
The accused
persons pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to them. Counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, told
the court that he had just been served with the bail application and so needed
time to respond.
Justice Okunnu adjourned the case to 19
October, 2012 for hearing of the bail application while fixing 13 and 14
December, 2012 for trial.
Abdulahi
Alao and Axenergy Limited are also standing trial before a Lagos High Court, on
another seven count charge bordering on obtaining the sum of N2, 640, 141,
707.75k (Two billion, Six hundred and Forty Million; One hundred and forty one
thousand; Seven hundred and seven hundred naira, seventy five kobo only) being
payments obtained from the Petroleum Support Fund for the purported importation
of 33.3 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit.
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