Press Release
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday November
26, 2014 arraigned a 77-year-old woman, Alhaja Mulikat Shonekan and two others:
Martins Ogiogwa, 40 and Mujekanm Petroleum Nigeria Company Limited,
before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on a 5-count -
charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain money under false pretence and
issuance of dud cheque.
They pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Counsel to 1st and 3rd accused persons, Bamidele
Ogundele, tabled an application for bail, asking the court to grant them bail
on the grounds of old age and heath condition; emphasizing that the septuagenarian
would not jump bail.
Also, second defendant, Austine Akpomreta, presented his bail application, and prayed the court to grant his request.
Justice Ipaye however granted bail to 1st and 2nd defendants in the sum of N5m (five million naira) and N10m (ten million naira) respectively, with two sureties each in like sum. According to the judge, one of the sureties for both must be a blood relation of the accused persons who must show evidence of 3 year tax payment.
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The matter was adjourned to 3rd and 4th February, 2015 for trial.
The matter was adjourned to 3rd and 4th February, 2015 for trial.
One of the counts reads:
"Alhaja Mulika Shonekan, Martins Ogiogwa and Mujekanm
Petroleum Nigeria Company Limited sometime in September, 2008 at Lagos within
the Ikeja Judicial Division with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of
N65,000,000.00 (Sixty Five Million Naira only) from Kuta Stones Limited by
falsely representing to Mr. Danladi Verheijen, the Director of Kuta Stones
Limited, that the said sum of money represented the cost of 90 acres of land
situated, being and located at Kemta Ososun village, Odeda Local Government
Area of Abeokuta in Ogun State of Nigeria which pretence you knew to be
false".
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
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