An Oyo State High Court on Thursday
ordered the remand in prison of a former Head of Service in
the state, Alhaja Kudirat Adeleke, over an alleged N5.6
billion fraud.
Also remanded were 11 other
persons allegedly linked to the fraud at the Oyo State Local
Government Staff Pension Board.
Those remanded are Muili Hakeem,
Iyabo Giwa, Adesina Jimoh, Oguntayo Banji, Adebisi Musenbiq, Muili
Adedaramola,Johnson Bosede, Adetuntan Johnson, Kareem Rasheed, Olujimi Adebayo
and Adewale Kehinde.
Justice Bolaji Yusuf remanded the
defendants after refusing the application of the defendants’ lead counsel, Toba
Olayiwola, to remand them in the custody of the Economic and Financial
Crime Commission.
The prosecutor, Gbolahan Lanatan,
had told the court that the defendants were arraigned on a 213-count
charge which included conspiracy, stealing, fraud and forgery.
Lanantan said that the defendants
conspired to obtain a total sum of N5.6billion from three banks-- FCMB, Stanbic
and Zenith—by false representation using the names of
pensioners.
The prosecutor said that the
incident happened between September 2010 and March 2011.
He said that the offences
contravened sections 516, 390(9) and 417 of the Criminal Code Cap 38 Vol.
II Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
The defendants, however, pleaded
not guilty to the charges.
Yusuf adjourned the case to Nov. 14
for hearing on the bail application.
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