Four men dupe ex-lawmaker into paying N46m

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday remanded one Izekor
Ogiemonyi, alias Prince, and three others in the prison custody for
allegedly swindling a former member of the House of
Representatives, Eseme Eyiboh, of $1.362m and N46.533m.

Justice Muslim Hassan made the remand order shortly after the
accused were re-arraigned before him by the police on Monday.

The police Special Fraud Unit arraigned Ogiemonyi alongside
Joshua Akenzua, Stephen Victor, Bolade Babatunde, and Jimoh
Saka.

The police alleged that the accused fraudulently obtained the
money from Eyiboh under the pretext that they were supplying him
vehicles and industrial machines at affordable and official
exchange rates.

According to the police, the defendants obtained the money from
the ex-lawmaker between June 2016 and August 2017 at Jatoz Royal
Hotel, Osolo Way, Ajao Estate, Lagos.

The lawmaker, according to the prosecution, delivered the sum to
the accused in tranches of $1.230m, $20,000, $112,000, and
N46,533m.

The prosecutor, Emmanuel Jackson, told the court that the
defendants acted contrary to sections 8(a), 1(1)(a) and 8(9) of the
Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, No.14 of 2006 and
were liable to be punished under Section 1(3) of the same law.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Justice Hassan adjourned till February 19, 2018 to rule on their
bail applications.

He ordered that they be remanded in the prison custody until
then.

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday remanded one Izekor
Ogiemonyi, alias Prince, and three others in the prison custody for
allegedly swindling a former member of the House of
Representatives, Eseme Eyiboh, of $1.362m and N46.533m.

Justice Muslim Hassan made the remand order shortly after the
accused were re-arraigned before him by the police on Monday.

The police Special Fraud Unit arraigned Ogiemonyi alongside
Joshua Akenzua, Stephen Victor, Bolade Babatunde, and Jimoh
Saka.

The police alleged that the accused fraudulently obtained the
money from Eyiboh under the pretext that they were supplying him
vehicles and industrial machines at affordable and official
exchange rates.

According to the police, the defendants obtained the money from
the ex-lawmaker between June 2016 and August 2017 at Jatoz Royal
Hotel, Osolo Way, Ajao Estate, Lagos.

The lawmaker, according to the prosecution, delivered the sum to
the accused in tranches of $1.230m, $20,000, $112,000, and
N46,533m.

The prosecutor, Emmanuel Jackson, told the court that the
defendants acted contrary to sections 8(a), 1(1)(a) and 8(9) of the
Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, No.14 of 2006 and
were liable to be punished under Section 1(3) of the same law.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Justice Hassan adjourned till February 19, 2018 to rule on their
bail applications.

He ordered that they be remanded in the prison custody until
then.