The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission on Friday November 25, 2016 arraigned one Folashade Olukemi
Adeleke before Justice O. O. Majekodunmi of the State High Court
sitting at Abeokuta, Ogun State on a 2- count charge bordering on stealing.
She however pleaded not guilty
to the charges
One of the charge reads: “That you
Folashade on or about the 18th of November 2013 at Abeokuta within the Abeokuta
Judicial Division stole the sum of N4,000,000.00 (Four Million Naira) property of Mrs. Virginia Ngozi Ojelade which
sum you receiver as part payment for the purchase of a property situate and
lying at Ajebo Road Estate, Abeokuta”
In view of her plea, the prosecution
counsel Ben Ubi and Festus Ojo asked the court for a trial date while the
defense counsel Bayo Adegbite moved a motion for the bail of the defendant.
Justice Majekodunmi granted
her bail in the sum of N5m (Five million naira) and two sureties in like sum.
One of them must be a land owner within the Jurisdiction and a grade level 12
officer. She must deposit her International passport with the court. The matter
has been adjourned to 21st of December, 2016 for trial.
Folashade allegedly defrauded the
petitioner under the guise that a four bedroom bungalow was available for
sale and after making payment of N7,180,000.00(Seven Million, One Hundred and
Eighty Thousand Naira) for the property, she was later informed that the owner
was no longer interested in the sale of the property but only three million,
five hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira (N3,530, 000. 00) was refunded to her.
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