The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 arraigned Nwogu Peters before Justice K.A. Jose of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on a 22-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and issuance of dishonoured cheques.
Peters was alleged
to have placed advertisements for lease of property in The Guardian Newspapers
of Monday, February 16, 2009 and couple of other publications using the
name of his outfits: Diplomatic Service Consultancy Limited and Christian
Defence Fellowship, a non-governmental organization.
Subsequently, he allegedly
collected money from various people under the pretext of letting properties to
them which he never did.
When the charges were read
to him, he pleaded not guilty.
One of the count
reads, “Nwogu Peter (a.k.a. Dr. N.D.C.
Peters) and DSCL Services Consulting Limited, on or about the 16th day of
February, 2009, in Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division by false pretence,
and with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N5,400,000 (Five Million, Four
Hundred Thousand Naira) by false pretence from Mrs. Christie Abutu-Obiozo by
falsely representing to her that the said sum represented 2 years rent in respect
of your property measuring 3 Bedroom Flat with one-room boys quarter lying, and
being situate at No. 4 Kingsley Emu Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos which
representation you know to be false”.
EFCC counsel, Francis
Usani asked for a trial date and pressed that the defendant be remanded in
prison custody. Counsel to the accused person, C. J. Jiekeonna
however prayed the court to admit his client to bail.Justice Jose adjourned the case to November 19, 2013 for hearing on the bail application and February 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2014 for trial. He ordered that the accused person be remanded in Kirikiri maximum prison, Lagos.
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