The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested three suspected fraudsters: Nwabueze C. Nwabueze (alias
HRM Ezeugo 1), his wife, Bridget Nwabueze and Eze Izima Ngozi alias Engineer
Victor who allegedly conspired to defraud one Architect Austin Ilenre Emuan,
managing director, Gothic-Len Consortium Limited to the tune of N16.9m
(Sixteen Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) over a non existent contract.
The trio and others
at large are suspected leaders of a syndicate from Obagi Community, Ahoada, Rivers State
, who engage in fraudulent acts, obtaining by false pretence and impersonation.
The suspects’ arrest
followed a petition from one Architect
Austin Ilenre Emuan, managing director, Gothic-Len Consortium, alleging that
one Miss Joy Mba Ozioma (now at large), Nwabueze and others sometime in
2011 conspired and defrauded him of the sum of N16, 900,000.00 (Sixteen Million
Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) under the pretext of awarding his company a contract
for construction of a cottage hospital in Obagi community by Total Nigeria
Limited.
According
to Emuan, one Ezeugo 1 who claimed to be the traditional ruler of Obagi
community connived with one Eze
Izima Ngozi who posed as an employee of Total Nigeria Limited to defraud his company of the
said sum and 600 bags of rice before the project was
discovered to be a phony deal.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head,
Media & Publicity
5th
February, 2015
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