The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Monday
March arraigned Pastor David
Nnanso Eshiet, Pastor Samson
Okemona Ugbara, Pastor
Adesanmi Richard Aderoju and
Prince and Zion International
Services Limited before Justice
Adebisi Akinlade of the Lagos High
Court on a seven count charge
bordering on conspiracy to
obtain money under pretence;
issuance of dishonoured cheque
and forgery contrary to Section
1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and
Other Related Offences Act, No.
14, 2006.
They were alleged to have
obtained the sum of
$25,000(Twenty-Five Thousand
United States Dollars) from Angel
Estate Residents Development
Association, Ojo, Lagos as
processing fees for sourcing
foreign loan for them to
purchase an expanse of land at
Nkwelle Ezumaka Estate in
Anambra state.
According to the spokesman of
the commission and acting media
and publicity secretary, "one of
the charge reads: “ that you
Pastor David Nnanso Eshiet,
Pastor Samson Okemona Ugbara
and Pastor Adesanmi Richard
Aderoju and Prince and Zion
International Service Limited on
or about 27 October, 2011, at
Lagos, within the Ikeja Judiciary
Division with intent to defraud
obtained the sum of $25,000
(Twenty Five Thousand United
States of America Dollars) only
from Angel Estate Resident
Development Association of
D10/58 ASPAMDA Trade Fair
Complex, Ojo Lagos by falsely
representing that it is part
payment of the cost of
processing $100,000,000.00 (One
Hundred Million United States of
America Dollars) foreign loan you
had sourced for them for the
purchase of an expanse of land
at Nkwelle Ezumaka Estate, Oyi
Local Government, Area of
Anambra State, which
representation you knew to be
false”.
Another charge reads: "that you
Pastor David Nnanso Eshiet,
Pastor Samson Okemona Ugbara,
Pastor Adesanmi Richard Aderoju
and Prince and Zion International
Service Ltd on or about 28th
February, 2012, at Lagos, within
the Ikeja Judicial Division with
intent to defraud forged Nigeria
National Petroleum Corporation
sales contracts papers titled
“sales & purchase contract
agreement CIF Crude Oil with the
aim of facilitating your obtaining
money from the public".
Uwujaren added that, When the
charge was read to the
defendants, they pleaded not
guilty.
Prosecution counsel, Ben Ubi
asked for trial date and prayed
the court to remand the accused
persons in prison custody. But
counsel to the defendants, F.O
Udokporoh, however urged the
court to admit his clients to bail.
Justice Adebisi fixed March 27,
2013 for hearing of the bail
applications and May 22, 2013 for
trial. She ordered that the
accused persons be remanded in
Kirikiri maximum prison.
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