Nigeria: Fraud of N71.3 million committed by Abuja couple
By Ahmad Hadizat Omayoza MAMOS Nigeria
Martin and Wuraola Ogiator, a couple from Abuja, were brought before a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for allegedly defrauding Uchenna Ademiluyi of N71.3 million.
The defendants were arraigned on four counts of conspiracy, breach of trust, cheating, and misappropriation, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
They, in any case, argued not liable to the charge.
Umoh Inah, the police prosecutor, told the court that Ademiluyi, who lives in Kaura, Abuja, at 36 Drive, Prince and Princess Estate, reported the incident to a police station.
Inah claimed that the couple, who live in Lokogoma’s Efab Estate, fraudulently collected the money from their bank accounts.
“It was, nonetheless, found that the two of them planned and redirected the cash into individual use,” he said.
Martin and Wuraola Ogiator, a couple from Abuja, were brought before a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for allegedly defrauding Uchenna Ademiluyi of N71.3 million.
The defendants were arraigned on four counts of conspiracy, breach of trust, cheating, and misappropriation, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
They, in any case, argued not liable to the charge.
Umoh Inah, the police prosecutor, told the court that Ademiluyi, who lives in Kaura, Abuja, at 36 Drive, Prince and Princess Estate, reported the incident to a police station.
Inah claimed that the couple, who live in Lokogoma’s Efab Estate, fraudulently collected the money from their bank accounts.
He said the respondents gathered the cash deceptively that they would execute contracts in some National Government offices.
“It was, nonetheless, found that the two of them planned and redirected the cash into individual use,” he said.
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Abdulmajid Oniyangi, the Magistrate, granted the defendants bail in the amount of N20 million each with two sureties in the same amount.
Oniyangi stipulated that the sureties must have a source of income and reside within the court’s jurisdiction.
He requested that the guarantees should present their letters of work, affirmation and last advancement.
The magistrate says that if the sureties own businesses, they should register them with the Corporate Affairs Commission and give the court’s registrar their tax clearance certificates.
He put off the case until June 5.
