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<\/p>\nThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday,
\nNovember 28,2019 arraigned the quartet of Baba Aliyu, Musa Shuaibu,
\nJoshua Agbaji Unazi and Michael Godwin Okibe before Justice A.B.Aliyu of
\nthe Federal High Court, Minna, Niger State on a nine-count charge that
\nborders on conspiracy, forgery and criminal breach of trust to the tune
\nof N22.2million.<\/p>\n
The defendants were arrested and arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Office of
\nthe Commission following a petition from one Thomas Ogwu, managing
\ndirector, Tomgray Engineering Services Limited, who alleged that three
\nof the defendants: Aliyu, Shuaibu, Unazi and Ahmed Abubakar Ismaila(at
\nlarge),<\/p>\n
sometime in November 2018 fraudulently convinced him that they work with
\nthe Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development Staff Multi-purpose
\nCooperative\u00a0 Society Limited, Minna, Niger State and requested for a
\nsupply of 1,800 bags of Nigerian parboiled rice, worth N30.6million from
\nhis company.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He stated that the defendants paid N8.2million only, upon the supply of
\nthe said quantity of rice, adding that since then, all his efforts to
\nget them pay the balance of N22.4million have proved abortive.<\/p>\n
This, he said, forced him to approach the ministry with a request for
\nthe payment of the balance where he was told that the four defendants
\nwere not its staff and that it did not place any order for rice.<\/p>\n
One of the count reads: that you Baba Aliyu, Musa Shuaibu and Ismaila
\nAbubakar (now at large) between November and December 2018 in Minna,
\nwithin the judicial division of this honourable court did conspire
\namongst yourselves to act, to wit: conspiracy to obtain 859 bags of
\nNigeria parboiled rice worth N14.6million only being property of Tomgray
\nEngineering Services Limited, when you falsely represented yourselves as
\nstaff and members of Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development
\nstaff Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Minna, which pretence you knew
\nto be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8(a) of
\nthe Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and
\npunishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.”<\/p>\n
Unazi is alleged to have conspired with Okibe to obtain N1.620,000 (One
\nMillion, Six Hundred and Sixty-two Thousand Naira) being proceed from
\nthe sale of\u00a0 the 1,800 bags of rice<\/p>\n
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge against them, prompting
\nprosecuting counsel Y.J.Matiyak to ask the court for a trial date and
\nfor the defendants to be remanded in custody of Nigerian Correctional
\nService (NCS).<\/p>\n
Counsels to the four defendants: E.N.Anita, Drisu Ajodo and G.E.Edah
\nrespectively, prayed the court to grant bail to their clients.<\/p>\n
Additionally, counsel to the second defendant (Shuaibu) told the court
\nthat he has filed an application for fundamental human rights abuse,
\nseeking N5million damages for an alleged illegal arrest of his client.<\/p>\n
Justice Aliyu adjourned the matter until December 10, 2019 and January
\n21, 2020 for hearing on the bail application and judgment on the
\nfundamental rights action respectively and ordered that the defendants
\nbe remanded in the custody of NCS.<\/p>\n
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