A 27-year-old man, Abiola
Ayanlaja, was arraigned, yesterday, before an Ikeja High Court by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly defrauding an Australian
woman of N952,785.
Ayanlaja was arraigned
before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo for 18-count charge bordering on obtaining
money by false pretence, forgery and uttering.
The EFCC prosecuting
counsel, Mr Francis Usani, told the court that the defendant had conspired with
one Michael Atireme and one Chidi both at large
to swindle the woman, Flora Veith of $6,147 (N952,785), some time in
March 2009 and May 2011.
He alleged that they falsely
represented to her that she had won $1.3 million in a lottery and that the sum
would be used for facilitating the payment.
Usani said that the defendant
forged a document entitled “Guarantee” which was purportedly issued by a former
Chairman of EFCC, Mrs Farida Waziri.
He further alleged that
Ayanlaja also forged another document which was purportedly issued by the
Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Alhaji Ahmadu Giade.
He said these documents were
used by the defendant to facilitate the fraud.
However, when the charges
were read, he pleaded not guilty while
Justice Onigbanjo granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in
like sum.
The matter was further
adjourned to June 13, 2013 for trial.
Source: Vanguard
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