Breaking! EFCC Files Fraud Charges Against Innoson Boss, Chukwuma

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  (EFCC) has filed a four-count charge of conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense,  obtaining property by false pretense, stealing and forgery against Mr. Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman of Innoson Nigeria Limited, and his company.

Joined in the suit is his brother,  Mr. Charles Chukwuma. The charges, according to court papers sighted by SaharaReporters, were filed on November 30 before the Ikeja Division of the Lagos State High Court. The charge sheet was signed by Mr. ABC Ozioko, Head of Legal and Prosecutions Unit at the Lagos office of the EFCC.

According to the first count, the accused, between 2009 and 2011, conspired to obtain by false pretense containers of motorcycle spare parts and raw materials from Mistui OSK Limited, a company based in Apapa, Lagos.

The alleged offense,  stated the court papers,  was contrary to Section 8 (a) and 13 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.

The items listed are said to be the property of Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank). In the second count, the EFCC alleged that the accused bribed staff of Mistui OSK and Maersk Line Limited to deliver to them, through their clearing agents, containers of motorcycle spare parts, moulds of plastic parts, steel structures as well as raw materials called polyvinichlorid imported into Nigeria from China in the name of GT Bank as the consignee by pretending they had the authority of the bank to clear the items and took delivery of same.

The alleged offense, the EFCC said,  is a contravention of sections 11 (1)(b) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act.



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