When the charge was read to the
accused, he pleaded not guilty.
In view of his plea, the defense
counsel, Emma Onyibor applied for the bail of his client but the prosecuting counsel,
Habila Jonathan informed the court that he was served the motion for bail
shortly before proceedings commenced and asked for time to study the
application and respond.
The court upheld the argument of
the EFCC counsel and ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody,
while the case was adjourned to December 6, 2016, for hearing and consideration
of bail application.
One of the charges against the
accused person read: “That you Okwara Victory sometime in the month of April
2016 at Onitsha within Awka Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria,
with intent to defraud did obtained the sum of N1,332,420 (one million three
hundred and thirty two thousand four and twenty naira) being the naira
equivalent of $4,190 (Four Thousand One Hundred and Ninety US Dollars) from one
Ekweaba Oyemechi when you falsely represented yourself to him that your
girlfriend who lives in America will send you $4,190 (Four Thousand One Hundred
Ninety US Dollars ) meant for your return ticket to America, a pretence you
knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section1(1)(a) of
the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related
Offences Act of 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act”.
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