EFCC arraigns Ringim emirate accountant for N12m scam – TheNigerialawyer

The accountant of Ringim Emirate Council, Jigawa State, Mansur
Mahmoud, has been arraigned before Justice Ado Kudu of Jigawa State
High Court, sitting in Hadejia, on one count bordering on
cheating.

He allegedly obtained N12.430 million from a petitioner
ostensibly as loan for the payment of the emirate staff salary and
running costs but refused to refund the money after the council had
received its allocation.

The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement in
Abuja on Wednesday, that 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 commencement of trial and also prayed the
court to remand the defendant in prison custody.

Justice Kudu, however, granted the defendant bail in the sum of
N10m 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 has arraigned one Diaso Isreal before Justice I.M Sani
of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,
on five counts bordering on impersonation, possession of scam
documents and obtaining money by false pretence.

He allegedly defrauded an Indian, Promilla Lama of $5,000 in
November 2018, in a phoney online marriage proposal.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges and the
prosecuting counsel, N. A. Dodo, urged the court to fix a date for
trial.

Justice Sani ordered that the defendant be remanded in EFCC
custody while the matter was adjourned to October 17, 2019 for the
hearing of bail application.