Kemisola Oye
THE Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today (Wednesday, 4 December 2024) arraigned Adewole Abdullahi Mukit, before Justice Mojisola Dada of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a two-count charge bordering on possession of false document containing false pretence contrary to sections 6, 8(b) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, No. 14, 2006 and obtaining money and property by false pretence contrary to sections 1(1) (2) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other related Offences Act No.14 of 2006.
Counts one reads:
“Adewole Abdullahi Mukit, on or about the 18th day of April 2024 in Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, had in your possession a document, printed from your “TEXTPLUS ACCOUNT”, linked to Mobile Phone No. 08162723195, in order to defraud unsuspecting members of the public, which documents you knew or ought to have known, having regard to the circumstances, to be fraudulent “.
Count two reads:
“Adewole Abdullahi Mukit, sometime in 2024 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, fraudulently obtained an aggregate sum of Three Thousand Five Hundred USD ($3,500) from unsuspecting members of the public, by falsely representing yourself to them as a female, which pretence you knew to be false”.
He pleaded “not guilty” to the charges.
The prosecution counsel, Ahmed Yerima, prayed the court for a trial date and the remand of the defendant at a correctional facility pending the commencement of trial.
However, the defence counsel, Idowu O. Alaba, prayed to the court that he had applied for a plea bargain with the Commission, praying for a short date for him to move the same, and also prayed that the defendant should remain in EFCC custody.
Justice Dada ordered the defendant to be remanded in EFCC custody and adjourned till Monday, 9 December 2024, for a plea bargain agreement.
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