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Alleged N1.7bn Fraud: Court Dismisses First Nation Airways MD, Kayode Odukoya’s No-case Submission
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Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has ordered Kayode Odukoya, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of First Nation Airways Limited, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an alleged N1.7bn fraud to open his defence on January 17, 2022 and also dismissed his no-case submission.
Odukoya is standing trial alongside First Nation Airways Limited and Bellview Airlines Limited on a seven-count charge bordering on forgery, use of false document, perjury, stealing and obtaining credit by fraud contrary to sections 85(1), 86(1), 278(1)&(b), 285(1), 313(1)(a) &(b), 361(1)(a)& (b), 363 (1) and 364(1) of the criminal law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
Alleged N761.6m Subsidy Fraud: Court Fines, Reprimands Defence Over Absence, Waste of Judicial Time
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The ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, over a 21-count charge bordering on forgery and subsidy fraud to the tune of N761,628,993.84 before Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos could not continue today, Monday, November 1, 2021, as the defendant was absent in court.
Justice Ogunsanya had, at the last proceedings on September 22, 2021, adjourned till November 1 and 2, 2021 for the defence to cross-examine the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, after the conclusion of his examination-in-chief.
Man Convicted over Dud Cheque in Kaduna
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The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 28, 2021 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Chidiebere Chiwetaoke Solomon before .Justice M.T.M Aliyu of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna for issuance of dud cheque.
Chidiebere’s trouble started when a petitioner alleged that, sometimes between the months of April and June 2019, he worked for the defendant as a movie director for which the defendant was to pay him the sum of Two Million Three Hundred Thousand Naira (N2, 300,000.00) in two installments for services rendered.
Businessman Jailed over N3.6m Fraud in Gombe
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Command, on Thursday, 28 October, 2021 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Orji Onoh, a business man to two years imprisonment.
Orji was first arraigned before Justice J. A. Awak of Gombe State High Court, Gombe State on August 20, 2019 on a one count charge bordering on Issuance of Dud Cheque to the tune of Three Million, Six Hundred and Forty Nine, Five Hundred Naira only (N3, 649.500).
Man Convicted for Theft of N2.6m
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday, October 29, 2021 secured the conviction of one Solomon Okonkwo before Justice Maryam Sabo of the Kano State High Court for offences bordering on breach of trust and misappropriation of N2,650, 000 (Two Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira).
The allegedly obtained the sum from the complainant for the supply of Shortwave Diathermy Machine but fraudulently diverted the money to his personal use.
Upon arraignment, the convict pleaded not guilty to the charge.
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