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Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of the Chief
Executive Officer of Rikadawa Bureau de Change Limited, Kabiru Sani, for
alleged $26,000 advanced fee fraud.
Also remanded were Boniface Ikemefuna, Mohammed Ali and Danjuma Abdul, alleged to have conspired with Sani to commit the crime.
The remand of the four accused followed their arraignment before Justice Okon Abang.
They pleaded not guilty to four counts, bordering on advanced fee fraud, levelled against them.
The Police Special Fraud Unit alleged
that Sani and his allies, including one Akintola Olasubomi, who is still
at large, defrauded one Iffy Morah of $26,000.
According to the prosecution, the
accused persons obtained the naira equivalent of the $26,000 from Morah
under the false pretences that the amount had been paid into her account
in the Bank of America.
The crime was said to have been committed between October 2013 and February 2014.
Counsel for the SFU, Mr. Effiong Asuquo,
told the court that Sani and others, by their acts, violated sections
1(1)(a), 3 and 10(1) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Related
Offences Act, 2006.
The matter was adjourned till September 8, 2014 for continuation of trial.
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