The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on December 4, 2012,
arraigned a couple, Datare and Emmanuel Aghedo alongside Maxwell Ojokojo
before Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a two count charge of fraudihkjjeie8ejiope.
One
of the charge reads: “That you Datare Aghedo, Emmanuel Aghedo and
Maxwell Ojokojo between December 2009 and February 2010, did with intent
to defraud, obtained the sum of Eleven Million Naira (N11,000,000)
by false pretences from Joseph Apeh of Baba Street, Hilltop Estate,
Abuja, that same would be used to execute a contract which you knew to
be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) (a)
of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and
punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act”.
When
the charges were read to the accused, they pleaded not guilty and their
counsel, Akin Akinwale prayed the court to grant them bail as the
offence for which they were being charged is bailable.
But
prosecution counsel, Austin Emumejakpor, urged the court to remand the
accused pending the determination of their bail application.
The
judge, while adjourning the case to December 12, 2012, for
determination of their bail application, ordered the wife, Mrs. Aghedo,
to be remanded in Suleja Prison while Mr. Aghedo and Ojokojo are
remanded in Kuje prison.
The ordeal of the trio followed a petition to the Commission dated December 17, 2010.
The
petitioner, Joseph Apeh alleged he was tricked into advancing Mr.
Aghedo the sum of Eleven Million Naira (N11, 000,000.00) to finance a
non-existent MTN contract through his wife and Ojokojo, the brother-in-
law. When he demanded for his money, the petitioner alleged that Ojokojo
issued a cheque of N15million in favour of Mr. Aghedo’s company (Key
Faith Nigeria Limited) with instruction for the 2nd accused to pay him N11million; that he went to Mr. and Mrs. Aghedo’s house and discovered they had vacated their known address.
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