Justice Rahman Oshodi of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has remanded one Ezeagu Jennifer and Goodnews Imah at the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) over alleged fake N56 million supplement fraud.
Jennifer and Imah was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 5-count charge bothering on conspiracy to steal, stealing, conspiracy to obtain by false pretense, obtaining by false pretense, forgery.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, Sulieman urged the court to remand the defendant pending his trial date. The prosecutor told the court that he intended to call 12 witnesses to regarding the case and urged the court to remand the defendants in custody.
Counsel to the first defendant, Franker Umeri moved an application for bail, praying to the court to grant the first defendant bail as she will always be available for her trail. Counsel, to the second defendant A.U Enwerem also moved a bail application praying to the court to grant him bail as he will be available to his trial.
Oshodi asked if the first defendant has an international passport.
“It has expired my lord” she replied
Justice Rahman Oshodi adjourned the case to 12th and 14th February 2025 for trail and date for ruling as regard to the bail application will be communicated to the defense counsels.
“I remand the first defendant Ezeagu Jennifer at the female correctional center and Goodnews Imah at the male correctional center pending their trail dates” Oshodi said.
Some of the charges states that: “Ezeagu Jennifer Kelechi, Goodnews Onyii Amah and Nigel Odinaka Vitalis (at large), between 11th May, 2024 to 13th June, 2024, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit; obtaining by false pretence the sum of N56,350,000.00 (Fifty Six Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) property of Patience Abel under the false pretence of investment in supplement business and supply from a hospital in Uganda, which representation you knew to be false”
“Ezeagu Jennifer Kelechi, Goodnews Onyii Amah and Nigel Odinaka Vitalis (at large), between 11th May, 2024 to 13th June, 2024, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit; stealing the sum of N56,350,000.00 (Fifty Six Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) property of Patience Abel”
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