The defendants, who were earlier arraigned
sometimes in 2015 before Justice S. A. Akinteye and Justice E. Esan,
respectively pleaded not guilty to the 6-count charge on the first case and also
to the 2-counts on the second case.
The journey to the dock for Agunbiade started with
petitions to the Commission alleging that the defendant ordered trucks of
diesel and after the supplies were made to her company, Debeth Oil and Gas Ltd, issued dud cheques of
over Thirty Five Million Naira, the value of the products but the cheque were all returned
unpaid upon presentation at the bank and all efforts made to get their money
back failed.
In view
of their plea, prosecution counsel Oluwatoyin Owodunni prayed the court
for a trial date. However, counsel to the defendants, Oluwagbemiga
Olatunji informed the court of an earlier
bail granted his client by the previous court and prayed the court to allow her
remain on the terms earlier granted.
Justice Owolabi
consequently, granted the defendant’s prayer and adjourned the case to 12 July,
2018 for trial.
One of the counts charge reads: 'Agunbiade Elizabeth Ebun and Debeth
Oil and Gas Ltd on or about the 20th of June, 2011 at Oyo within the
Ibadan Judicial Division with intent to defraud fraudulently converted the sum
of N21, 582, 000.00 (Twenty One Million, Five Hundred and Eighty Two Thousand
Naira Only) representing the value of 4 trucks of diesel and 2 trucks of
Kerosene property of Bolbod Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited'.
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