The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on
\nFriday, March 29, 2019, arraigned two suspected fraudsters, Feranmi Isaiah
\nAkinluyi and Sogo Akinola, a.k.a Obaje, before Justice Mojisola Dada of
\nthe Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja on a five-count charge,
\nbordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of
\nN24, 980, 000 (Twenty-Four Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand
\nNaira).<\/p>\n
The first defendant, Akinluyi, a lawyer, and the second defendant,
\nAkinola, also a lawyer and an employee of 9Mobile (formerly Etisalat
\nNigeria), allegedly swindled a number of unsuspecting victims by claiming
\nto be into property business.<\/p>\n
One of the charges reads: “That you, Feranmi Isaiah Akinluyi and Sogo
\nAkinola (alias Obaje), on or about the 24th June, 2016 in Lagos, within
\nthe Ikeja Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, induced Kelechi Okani
\nDarlington to transfer the sum of N9,000,000 (Nine Million Naira) only
\ninto your Diamond Bank Account No. 0042435535, on the understanding that
\nthe said amount was to purchase a property known and situated on Plot 3,
\nBlock 1, Lekki County, Ikota Village, Lagos, which pretext you knew to be
\nfalse.”<\/p>\n
The defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges.<\/p>\n
In view of their no guilty plea, the prosecution counsel, Ahmed Yerima,
\nasked for a trial date and urged the court to remand them in prison
\ncustody.<\/p>\n
Counsel to the defendants, Olugbenga Akinlabi, informed the court that the
\ncharge was served on the defendants just this morning in the court
\npremises and that the defendants are standing trial before Justice
\nOluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja for a
\nsimilar offence for which they are presently on bail.<\/p>\n
The defence counsel, therefore, prayed for a short adjournment to enable
\nhim file and serve the prosecution with the bail applications on behalf of
\nhis clients.<\/p>\n
Justice Dada granted the defendants bail and adjourned the case to May 6,
\n2019 for hearing of the bail applications and commencement of trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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