Wednesday, December 5, 2012

EFCC Docks Couple Over N11m Fraud

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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