A
Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan,
was on Thursday, denied bail by Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High
Court sitting in Lagos.
Warpamo
Owei Emmanuel Dudafa and one Iwejuo Joseph Nna were both arraigned before
the court on a 23-count charge bordering on fraud and stealing on Tuesday.
They are
both facing N5.1 billion fraud charges brought against them by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The two
accused persons had pleaded not guilty to all the charges and upon their pleas,
the prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo, urged the court to remand them in prison
custody.
At
Thursday’s proceedings, the accused persons’ counsels, Gboyega Oyewole and
Sunday Abumere, imformed the court that their clients’ bail applications have
been filed and had been served on the prosecution.
They
urged the court to admit their clients bail on liberal terms.
However,
the EFCC prosecutor, Oyedepo, admitted receiving the bail applications, but
informed the court that he was not opposing the bail applications, but needed
time to respond.
Upon the
submissions of both parties, Justice Idris ordered that the two accused persons
be remanded in prisons custody till June 20, when the court would decide on
their bail applications.
In the
charge sheet signed by Oyedepo, the EFCC alleged that Dudafa and Nna, who also
claimed to be Taiwo Ebenezer and Olugbenga Isaiah, had, between June 11, 2013
and June, 2015, used different companies to fraudulently steal and launder
money.
Some of
the companies allegedly used in committing the alleged offences are Seagate
Property Development & Investment Limited; Avalon Global Property
Development Company Limited; Iwejuo Joseph Nna and Pluto LUTO Property and
Investment Company Limited; Iwejuo Joseph Nna and Rotate Interlink Services
Limited.
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