Mansur
Mahmoud, the accountant of Ringim Emirate Council of Jigawa State was
today October 9, 2019 arraigned before Justice Ado Yusuf Birnin Kudu
of Jigawa State High Court sitting in Hadejia on one count
charge bordering on cheating.
He
allegedly obtained a sum of Twelve Million, Four Hundred and Thirty
Thousand Naira (N12, 430,000.00) from the petitioner ostensibly as
loan for the payment of the Emirate staff salary and running costs
but refused to refund the money after the Emirate had received its
allocation.
The
charge read: '' That you Mansur Mahmoud sometime in 2017 or there
about, at Unity Bank Dutse Branch, Jigawa State within the
jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did dishonestly induce one Baba
Sule Abubakar Sadiq to deliver to you the sum of Twelve Million Four
Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira Only (N12,430,000) for the purpose
of payment of salary of Ringim Emirate Council Staff which you knew
same to be false and thereby committed cheating, an offence contrary
to section 320 and punishable under section 322 of the Penal Code Law
CAP P3 Laws of Jigawa State 2012 (as amended)''.
The
accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge.
In
view of his plea, prosecution counsel, Zarami Muhammad asked the
court for a date for the commencement of trial and remand the
defendant in prison custody.
Justice
Birnin Kudu however granted the defendant bail in the sum of Ten
Million Naira (N10,000,000.00) with two sureties in like sum Both the
defendant and his sureties are to deposit their
international passports with the court.
The
case was adjourned to October 23, 2019 for trial.
In
a related development, the Port Harcourt Zonal office of the
Commission on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 arraigned one Diaso
Isreal before Justice I.M Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in
Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a five-count charge bordering on
impersonation, possession of scam documents and obtaining money by
false pretence contrary to Section 1(1) (a) and punishable under
Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act,
2006.
One
of the counts read: "That you Diaso Isreal Nyerhovwo(a.k.a Alvin
Marios) on the 13thof December, 2018 at Port Harcourt
within the jurisdiction of this honourable court had in your
possession a document titled “Shell Petroleum Development Company:
Endorsement of the award of Contract Number SPDC/ST/97538/XA9A/2011
in favour of Steve Wart which you knew contained false pretence and
thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) (a) and
punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other
Related Offences Act, 2006".
The
defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him by
the Commission.
In
view of his plea, prosecuting counsel, N. A. Dodo urged the court to
fix a date for commencement of trial. However, counsel to the
defendant, O. S. Kpuma informed the court of the defendant’s
pending bail application which was opposed by the prosecuting
counsel on the grounds that he needed time to study the
application.
Justice
Sani ordered that the defendant be remanded in EFCC custody while the
matter was adjourned to October 17, 2019 for hearing
of bail application.
Isreal’s
troubles began when operatives of the EFCC arrested him sometimes in
December 2018 during a raid of Soliders Hotel, Warri, Delta
State. Investigations showed that the defendant was involved in
several phony marriage proposals to foreigners. He
allegedly opened several email addresses and forged several
documents to achieve this end. Some of the email
addressesinclude: albertbrook84@gmail.com,alvinmarios30@gmail.com, diasoisrael@gmail.com, stevenwart40@gmail.com, reubenvakin@gmail.com
Through
his fraudulent schemes, he allegedly defrauded an
Indian, Promilla Lama, to the tune of $5,000 (Five Thousand US
Dollars) in November, 2018 in a phony online marriage proposal.
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