Gallant men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have apprehended and arraigned one Efe for alleged fraud.
Efe Egube
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal
office, on Thursday, June 28, 2018, arraigned one Efe Egube and his
firm, Oceanic Energy Services Limited, before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo
of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja , Lagos on a two-count
charge bordering on forgery and obtaining by false pretence to the tune
of N97, 020, 000.00.
The defendant was said to have fraudulently obtained a loan
facility from Enterprise Bank( also known as Heritage Bank), with forged
documents.
Count one reads: “That you, Efe Egube, Oceanic Energy Services
Limited, on or about the 10th day of August, 2013 at Lagos, within the
Ikeja Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of
N97, 020, 000.00 (Ninety-seven Million and Twenty Thousand Naira) from
Enterprise Bank (a.k.a. Heritage Bank) by falsely representing that the
money was the cost of facilitating a Local Purchase Order (LPO) contract
from Dangote Industries Limited, which representation you knew to be
false.”
Count two reads: “That you, Efe Egube, Oceanic Energy Services
Limited, on or about the 25th day of September, 2013 at Lagos, within
the Ikeja Judicial Division, knowingly forged a Local Purchase Order
(LPO) dated 25th day of September, 2013 with LPO No. 0002775 with intent
that the document may in any way be used or acted on as genuine to the
prejudice of another.” The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty when
the charge was read to him."
In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, Bilikisu Buhari,
asked the court for a trial date and prayed that the defendant be
remanded in prison custody.
The defence counsel, E.D. Onyeke, informed the court that he had
filed and served the prosecution summons for bail on behalf of his
client.
He also prayed the court to grant his client bail in liberal terms.
However, the prosecution counsel, Buhari, told the court that the
defendant was a flight-risk, adding that he once jumped an
administrative bail granted him by the Commission.
After listening to both counsel, Justice Taiwo granted the
defendant bail in the sum of N10million, with two sureties in like sum.
One of the sureties must be a close relation to the defendant,
while the other must be a land owner within the jurisdiction of the
court. The two sureties must be properly identified and their addresses
verified by the Court Registrar.
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