Jos: EFCC Arraigns Woman Over Alleged N12.2m Land Fraud
Ayuba Sanusi
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Wednesday 17 April 2024 arraigned Adeagbo Dooshima Claire before Justice G. M. Kamyal of a Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State.
She was arraigned on two-count charges of cheating and obtaining by false pretence by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Commission.
One of the charges reads “That you, Adeagbo Dooshima Claire and Caroline Lawal (now at large) sometime in May 2021 at Jos, Plateau State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, fraudulently obtained the aggregate sum of Twelve Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N12,250,000.00) from Kenechukwu Agubuisi which you claimed was payment for a landed property situated at Favfei, Rayfield Jos, Plateau State and covered by Right of Occupancy No. PL.30415 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 307 of the Penal Code Law”.
Upon arraignment, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges, prompting prosecution counsel, S.E.Okemini to ask the court for a trial date. However, counsel to the defendant, P.J.Rimmam, informed the court of a bail application filed on 17 April 2024 and prayed the court to grant the defendant bail.
Justice Kamyal, having listened to both prosecution and defence counsel, adjourned the matter to June 3 & 4 June 2024 for hearing and ordered that the defendant be remanded in Jos Correctional Facility.
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