A middle-aged man,
Innocent Chukwu and a woman, Mrs. Obiageli Anachebe, were
yesterday arraigned before Justice OluwatoyinIpaye of an
Ikeja High Court, Lagos, by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC)
for allegedly defrauding a woman of a total sum of N66million
under the guise of performing spiritual cleansing on her. Both
suspects were arraigned on five count charge.
According
to the anti-graft agency, Chukwu, alias Dr. Ohamadike, and
Anachebe, first collected N50million from the businesswoman, Mrs.
Vivian Amadike, with the promise that the money would be used to
solve all her problems spiritually, a claim the prosecution said the
accused knew was false.
The
prosecution said the accused committed the offence between October
and December 2013, in Lagos.
According
to the charge, it stated that the accused conspired to ‘obtain money
by false pretences, stealing by fraudulent conversion and
concealment of deed.
The
offences, according to the Commission, contravened Section 8(a) and
1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act No. 14
of 2006 and Sections 285(9)(c) and 288 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2011.
The
charge further alleged that Chukwu, on ‘or about February 14, 2014,
dishonestly converted another sum of N16,900million property
of Amadike and Pamela Ihediwa of Bluebeam Capital Ltd, Lagos.
He
was accused to have ‘obtained the sum by claiming to have for sale, a
United Statesdollar equivalent of the N16.9m which representation he
knew to be false and dishonest.
It
added that between October and December 2013, Chukwu also
fraudulently and dishonestly obtained and concealed the title
documents to a building valued at N35 millionat No. 4, Nteje Street,
New Haven, Enugu, property of Amadike.
The
matter was adjourned till October 14 and 28 for bail hearing.
-Nationalmirror
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