EFCC Press Release
A fraudster, Waheed Adeniyi
has owned up to his fraudulent deeds. Adeniyi, alias Ibrahim Waziri, who was
arraigned on Monday April 20, 2015 before Justice B.O Quadri of the Federal
High Court, Port Harcourt
by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, pleaded guilty to the
one count charge of fraud.
He allegedly defrauded one
Emmanuel Iheanyi Nwogu of the sum of One Million, Ten Thousand
Naira (N1, 010,000.00), after he posted a fake auction advertorial on Facebook,
claiming he had vehicles impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service for sale.
The
charge reads, “that you Waheed Adeniji (alias Ibrahim Waziri), on or about the
3rd February, 2014 at Port Harcourt within the Jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of One Million, Ten
Thousand Naira (N1, 010,000:00) only from one Emmanuel Iheanyi Nwogu for the
purchase of three cars placed on auction, under the pretence that you are
Ibrahim Waziri, a Customs officer and marketing manager of auction sales of the
Nigerian Customs Service, a pretext you knew to be false and thereby committed
an offence contrary to section 1 (1a) and (2) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other
Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 which is punishable under Section 1(3) of the
same Act”.
The prosecution counsel,
Ramiah Ikhanade asked for a date to review the fact of the case in view of the
plea of the accused.
Justice
Quadri ordered that the accused person be remanded in prison custody and
adjourned the matter to May 4, 2015.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head,
Media & Publicity
21st
April, 2015
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