Two
men, Nnanna Kalu (26) and Ukaegbu Arisa Oti (27), have been arraigned
before Justice F. A. Olubanjo of the Federal High Court, Umuahia, Abia
State on a 28-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false
pretence and forgery.
They are alleged to be part of a fiveman syndicate which defrauded one Michael J. Firm (a South African) of $60,000 (under the pretence of registering his company with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to enable it to supply the Federal Ministry of Defence with pre-cooked meals in sachets.
One of the charge reads: “That you Nnanna Kalu, Ukaegbu Arisa, James David Njoku (at large), Lekwauwa David Emeragh (at large) and Anyaso Okoro (at large) on about 3rd June 2013 in Aba, Abia State within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria with the intent to defraud obtained the sum of $37,827,00 from Michael J. Firm (a South African citizen) through United Bank of Africa (UBA) account number 3001510615 of Adimigiri Nigeria Limited under the false pretence that the money is meant to register his company with NAFDAC for the purpose of supplying Federal Ministry of Defence with pre-cooked meals in sachet, from South Africa, which pretence you knew to be false and you 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 (3) of the same Act.”
The accused, the Head, Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to them. Thereafter, the prosecuting counsel, Mainforce Adaka Ekwu, asked the court to fix a date for trial and to remand the accused in prison custody.
Counsel to the accused person, Saint Moses Ogbonna, asked the court for a short date to enable him to file an application for bail. Olubanjo adjourned the case till May 15 for the hearing of bail application and June 19 for trial. The judge also ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody
They are alleged to be part of a fiveman syndicate which defrauded one Michael J. Firm (a South African) of $60,000 (under the pretence of registering his company with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to enable it to supply the Federal Ministry of Defence with pre-cooked meals in sachets.
One of the charge reads: “That you Nnanna Kalu, Ukaegbu Arisa, James David Njoku (at large), Lekwauwa David Emeragh (at large) and Anyaso Okoro (at large) on about 3rd June 2013 in Aba, Abia State within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria with the intent to defraud obtained the sum of $37,827,00 from Michael J. Firm (a South African citizen) through United Bank of Africa (UBA) account number 3001510615 of Adimigiri Nigeria Limited under the false pretence that the money is meant to register his company with NAFDAC for the purpose of supplying Federal Ministry of Defence with pre-cooked meals in sachet, from South Africa, which pretence you knew to be false and you 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 (3) of the same Act.”
The accused, the Head, Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to them. Thereafter, the prosecuting counsel, Mainforce Adaka Ekwu, asked the court to fix a date for trial and to remand the accused in prison custody.
Counsel to the accused person, Saint Moses Ogbonna, asked the court for a short date to enable him to file an application for bail. Olubanjo adjourned the case till May 15 for the hearing of bail application and June 19 for trial. The judge also ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody
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