Press Release
The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 16, 2015 arraigned
one Imeh Albert Akpan, Director of Commodore Aviation Services before
Justice D. K Senchi of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, on a 2-count
charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretence.
Akpan allegedly
converted the sum of N25m (twenty five million naira) meant to be used as
security for a loan obtained from a new generation bank to personal use.
According to
the complainant, the suspect lured him into investing his monies on a project
that was not viable. He stated that, all efforts to recover his money were
unsuccessful.
Count one of
the charge reads:
"that you
Imeh Albert Akpan being the Director of Commodore Aviation Services and Commodore
Aviation Services, sometime in July 2004 within the Abuja Judicial Division of
the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory did dishonestly convert to your
own use the sum of N25,000,000 (Twenty Five Million Naira) being proceeds of a
Platinum Bank Cheque No. 0093207 that was meant to be used as a security for a
loan, issued by Samha Dayekh for and on behalf of Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu and you
thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 311 of the Penal Code Law Cap
532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990 and punishable under Section
312 of the same Law"
When the charge
was read to the accused, he pleaded not guilty.
In view
of his plea, counsel to EFCC, Fatima A. Gwaram urged the court to fix a date
for trial to commence.
Justice Senchi
admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N10m (ten million naira) and two
sureties in like sum.
The case has
been adjourned to April 14, 2015 for hearing.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media
&Publicity
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