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EFCC arraigns man for obtaining property through false pretense in Ibadan
The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office on Monday arraigned one
Paul Afolabi before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan
Judicial Division.
Afolabi was
arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on obtaining property under false
pretenses.
We gathered
that Afolabi, who operated through the name William Sharon, was arrested in
Ibadan by operatives of the Commission after receiving an intelligence report
dated May 10, 2018 in which he and other suspects were alleged to be members of
a syndicate formed to dupe people through the use of the internet.
The EFCC accused
them of deploying fake information to obtain Itune GiftCard and Amazon Cards
from foreigners.
The offence it was
learnt runs contrary to section 1(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud Related Offences
Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
Afolabi pleaded not
guilty to all the charges as they were read to him.
EFCC counsel,
Abdulrasheed Lanre Suleman, prayed the court for a trial date and an order to
remand the defendant in prison custody.
The defence
counsel, Ololade Animasahun, however, filed a bail application on behalf of his
client, which the EFCC lawyer did not oppose to.
Ajoku after
listening to the prosecution and defence counsels then adjourned till July 3
for ruling on the bail application.
The judge fixed
commencement of trial for September 30.
Ajoku equally
ordered that the accused be remanded in prison till the court decides on his
bail application.
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