The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned
Pastor Nimi West and his company, Nimak & Company Nigeria Limited
before Justice U.N. Agumoh of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt,
Rivers State on a 4-count charge of obtaining money under false pretence to the
tune of Twenty-Two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N22,400,000.00).
West is alleged to have
received the said amount from one Emmanuel Dike at different times in 2013 as
payment for a bungalow at D/Line, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. However, the
complainant later discovered that the property had been sold to another person
while his efforts to recover his money did not succeed.
West pleaded not guilty to the charge when read to him.
One of the counts reads: “That Nimi West ‘m’ on or about the 13th
day of September in Port Harcourt, within the jurisdiction of this
honourable court, with intent to defraud deceitfully obtained the sum of Four
Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N4, 400,000.00) from one Architect
Emmanuel Dike, a Nigerian citizen, under false pretence that you were going to
sell a property in Port Harcourt to him, a pretext which you knew to be false
and you fraudulently made it, with the intent that he may believed it, and he
believed it and acted upon it as genuine, and you thereby committed an offence
contrary to section 1 (1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related
Offences Act 2006 and punishable by section 1(3) of the same Act”.
In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, C.A.Okoli applied
for a date for the commencement of trial while the defence counsel
C.B.Osita made an oral application for bail of the accused to
enable him attend to his health.
Justice Agumoh granted the accused bail in the sum of One Million
Naira and two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned to 17th and 18th of
January, 2017 for trial while the accused person is to be remanded in prison
custody until he perfects his bail conditions.
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EFCC Docks Insurer for Fraud
In a
related development, the Commission also
arraigned one Kayode Adeyefa before Justice A. D Oladimeji of the
Osun State High Court, sitting at Ila- Orangun on a 4-count charge bordering on
obtaining money under false pretences and stealing.
The accused
person was alleged to have diverted the sum of N12, 559,800.00 belonging to the
Osun State College of Education Student Insurance Welfare Scheme to his
personal use.
Adeyefa
collected 15 cheques to the tune of
N12,559,800.00 from the scheme as
premium but failed to remit same to the insurance company where he works.
One
of the charge reads: "Kayode Adeyefa between the Months of June and
November, 2013 at Ila-Orangun within the Osogbo Judicial Division with intent
to defraud obtained the sum of N3,650,000.00 (Three Million Six Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Naira) from Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun under
the false pretence that same was premium payment for Student Insurance Welfare
Scheme''.
He
however pleaded not guilty to the charge.
In view of
his plea, the prosecution counsel, Sanusi Musa Galadanchi asked for a
trial date and prayed the court to give the matter accelerated hearing.
But the
defense counsel, Olajide E. Egbetunde informed the court that he had filed bail
application and sought the leave of the court to move the motion.
Justice
Oladimeji granted the accused person bail in the sum of five million Naira and
2 sureties in like sum.
The
matter was adjourned to November 25, 2016 for hearing.
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