EFCC Docks Businesswoman for N13.5m Fraud

           EFCC Press Release

                                      

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 9, 2016 arraigned one Bunmi Dare Ikuolayole before Justice  R.I.B. Adebiyi of the High Court of Lagos State sitting in Igbosere on a six-count charge bordering on stealing and forgery to the tune of N13, 500,000.00 (Thirteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira).

The accused person, a clearing and forwarding agent, was alleged to have collected the sum of N13 ,500,000.00 (Thirteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) from the complainant, Oredola Olatunbosun, for the shipping and clearing of a Rolls Royce Ghost from the United States sometime in November, 2013. 

Count one reads: ‘‘That you,  Bunmi Dare Ikuolayole,  on or about the 27^th December, 2013 at Lagos within the Lagos Judicial Division dishonestly converted to your personal use the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) property of Oredola Olatunbosun.’’

Another count reads: ‘‘ That you, Bunmi Dare Ikuolayole  on or about the 24^th December, 2013 at Lagos within the Lagos Judicial Division with intent to defraud forged a Bill of Lading dated 24^th December, 2013 for a used Honda Pilot vehicle in container No. 1252801 and purported  the consignment to be Oredola’’

 When the charges were read to her, she pleaded not guilty.

In view of her plea, prosecution counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, asked for a trial date and prayed the court to remand the defendant in prison custody.

The defence counsel, O. C. Aibangbee, however, prayed the court to allow the accused person remain in the EFCC custody on the grounds of her ill health.

Justice Adebiyi adjourned the case till May 24, 2016 for mention and May 30, 2016 for trial.

 The accused person was ordered to be remanded in prison custody, pending the filing and hearing of the bail application by her counsel.