The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, on Thursday, arraigned, three males Saka Olubamishe, Omogoye Olusegun and Olumuyiwa Adesina, earlier than the Ikeja Particular Offences Court docket for allegedly acquiring N29,386, 500, below pretence of transferring greenback to Copart Auto Public sale in America.
The defendants, who have been arraigned earlier than Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, are dealing with three counts bordering on conspiracy, stealing and acquiring most popular in opposition to them by the EFCC.
The anti-graft company’s prosecuting counsel, B. M. Isha, informed the court docket that the defendants dedicated the offences someday in July 2023 in Lagos.
Isha informed the court docket that the trio conspired amongst themselves and fraudulently transformed the sum of N29, 386, 500, property of Awolaja Sherri Ajibola and Akintoye Ganiyu, to their use.
The prosecutor mentioned the defendants allegedly defrauded the victims by acquiring the cumulative sum of N29, 386, 500, below the false pretence that that they had the greenback equal of the mentioned sum on the charge of N750 per greenback to switch to Copart Auto Public sale in America which pretence they knew was false.
In accordance with the prosecutor, the offences dedicated contravened Sections 411, 280(2), of the Prison Legal guidelines of Lagos State 2015, 1(1) (a) and 1(3), of the Advance Price Fraud and Different Fraud Associated Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.
Nevertheless, the defendants pleaded not responsible to the fees in opposition to them.
Given their plea, the prosecutor, Isha, prayed to the court docket for a trial date.
However, counsel for the defendants, S. T. Ladokun, S. A. Oseni and T. F. Makinde, knowledgeable the court docket concerning the pending purposes for bail on behalf of their shoppers and pleaded with the court docket to grant them bail in essentially the most liberal phrases.
Consequently, Justice Abike-Fadipe granted them bail within the sum of N10, every with two sureties every in like sum.
The decide mentioned the sureties should present proof of tax cost to the Lagos State Authorities.
She adjourned the case to January 23, 2025, for the graduation of trial.