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| Sylvester Osolase |
The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos office, on Thursday, November 22,
2018, re-arraigned one Sylvester Osolase before Justice O.A. Taiwo of the
Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a four-count charge bordering
on possession of documents containing false information.
The offence is
contrary to Section 6, 8(b) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud
Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.
One of the
counts reads: " That you, Sylvester Osolase, on or about the 27th of May,
2018 at Lagos, within the Ikeja judicial division of this honourable Court,
with intent to defraud, had in your possession documents titled "Priority
Mail 2-DayTM" and Priority Mail 2-DayTM", which documents were
printed out from your email address adcane01@yahoo.com and
which you knew contained false information".
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| Monday Mayaki-1 |
The
defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him.
In view of
his pleas, the prosecution counsel, Vera Agboje, asked the court for a trial
date.
However,
counsel to defendant, Lekan Egberongbe, prayed the court to allow the defendant
to continue to enjoy the bail earlier granted him by the court.
Consequently,
Justice Taiwo adjourned the matter to February 4, 2019 for commencement of
trial.
In a related
development, another suspected Internet fraudster, Mayaki Monday, was
today re-arraigned by the EFCC before Justice Taiwo on a 10-count charge
bordering on possession of documents containing false information. The offence
is contrary to Section 6, 8(b) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other
Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.
One of the
counts reads: "That you, Mayaki Monday on or about the 27th of May, 2018
at Lagos within the Ikeja judicial division of this honourable court, with
intent to defraud, had in your possession e-mail correspondence titled "Re:
Their response Mary's lawyer" which you sent from your email
address: lawofficebarristerjoe @gmail.com to parts01@yahoo.
com which email you knew contained false information".
The
defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him. In view of
his pleas, the prosecution counsel, Agboje, asked the court for a trial date.
However,
counsel to defendant, Egberongbe, prayed the court to allow the defendant to
continue to enjoy the bail earlier granted him by the court.
The matter
was adjourned to February 4, 2018 for commencement of trial.
The suspects were arrested on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at River View Estate,
Isheri North, Lagos State, following intelligence report received by the
Commission about their activities.
The suspects, who were dealing in romance and classified scams, confessed to
have defrauded several unsuspecting victims around the world.
They also
confessed to have used proceeds of their illicit deals to buy cars, paid their
rents and travel around the world.
Items found
on them include laptops, cars, mobile phones and incriminating documents that
were printed from their emails.
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