The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,
on Thursday, May 19, 2016 arraigned
one, Dada Olatunji, a former
Assistant Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Fire Service for offences
bordering on employment scam before before Justice M. M. Kolo of the Federal
Capital Territory High Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja.
Dada’s arrest and subsequent arraignment followed a petition from two young job seekers - Robert Mathew and Theresa Abah claiming that sometime in December 2014, one Christopher Adaje, Olatunji’s junior collegue met them and promised to get them
employed in the Nigerian Fire Service.
Adaje, who works at the Nyanya Fire Service,
however, allegedly predicated their employment into the service on their
ability to raise a sum of N350,000 (three hundred and fifty thousand naira)
each.
Mathew raised his (N350,000) through a loan while Abah
managed to raise a sum of N225,000 through her friend.
Altogether, a total of N575,000 (five hundred and seventy five thousand naira) was raised by Matthew and Abah which
was paid into an account supplied by Adaje in one of the old generation banks.
Months after, Adaje could
not deliver on his promise, a situation that prompted the applicants
to visit his office where they discovered it was fraud.
The offence is in contravention of Section 1(1)(a) and 1(3) of the
Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act No.14 of 2006.
Particulars of count one of the charge read:
“Dada Olatunji Amos on or about the 19th of December
2014 at Abuja within the Abuja Judicial Division with intent to defraud
obtained the sum of N350,000( Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) through
the First Bank Plc account No.3060366147 belonging to one Adaje
Christopher from one Robert Mathew under false pretence that the money
represnted payment for processing his employment at the Federal Fire Service
Abuja and which pretence you knew was false.”
The accused
pleaded not guilty to all the counts preffered against him.
In view of
his plea, counsel to EFCC, Andrew
Akoja asked
the court for a date to commence trial .
However, the defense counsel, Uche Uwazuruike urged the court to
grant his client bail adding that, that the alleged offence is bailable.
He stated that the accused had earlier been granted administartive
bail by the EFCC and had not breached any
of its terms.
Justice Kolo admitted to the
accused to bail in the sum bail was N2million with one surety who must
be resident in Wuse District of the FCT. The surety’s “Certificate of Occupancy”
must be
deposited with the court.
The case has
been adjourned to June 20,2016 for trial.
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