The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, today February 9, 2016, arraigned one Lekan Arigbabuwo
before Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in
Ikeja, on a three count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by
false pretense.
Arigbabuwo was arrested on
November 10, 2014, by the EFCC sequel to a petition by
one Ogundele Oluwatoba who alleged that he was duped of over N3 million by the
accused, an offence contrary to section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud
and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, No. 14, 2006.
One of the counts reads:
"Lekan Arigbabuwo, Folorunsho Ojo Seun (at large) and Dapo Aborishade (at
large) sometime between the month of August - November, 2014 at Ikeja within
the jurisdiction of the Honorable Court with intent to defraud, conspired to
obtain the sum of N3, 556,000.00 (Three Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Six
Thousand Naira) from Ogundele Oluwatoba on the pretense that the money was
meant for supply of herbal medicine which pretense you knew was false.
The defendant pleaded not
guilty when the charge was read to him. In view of the plea of the defendant,
the prosecution counsel Faleke Giwa prayed the court for a trial date and
for the defendant to be remanded in prison custody.
The defense counsel, Bryant
Idahosa asked the court to remand the defendant in EFCC’s custody,
pending the hearing of bail application. However, the prosecution counsel
objected, saying that the EFCC does not have enough space in its custody.
Justice Akapo ordered that
the defendant be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of the
bail application. Case was adjourned to April 11, 2016.
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