EFCC Arraigns Businessman for N15m Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC on Wednesday May 18, 2016, arraigned one Paul Nonso Obinwunne and his company Paul Nomex Allied Limited ), before Justice A. O. Okuma of Anambra State High Court.
on a three count charge bordering on Obtaining Money by False Pretence to the tune of N15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Naira. When the charge was read to the accused, he pleaded not guilty on all counts preferred against him by the EFCC necessitating the prosecuting counsel S.M.H. Ibekwute to pray the court to remand the accused and fix a trial date.
However, defence counsel A. C Obisi applied for bail on the grounds that the accused had been on administrative bail granted by the Commission and that the alleged offence is bailable.
Thereafter, Justice Okuma granted the accused bail in the sum of N4, 500,000 (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira) with one surety in like sum. The surety the court insists must be a civil servant above grade level 14 and a resident within the state.
In addition, the surety must present letter of identification from his head of department, two recent passport photographs, as well as his national identity card or driver’s license and must depose to an affidavit of means.
One of the charge reads:
That you, Paul Nonso Obinwunne And Paul Nomex Allied Ltd, in May 2013, in Onitsha in Anambra State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, under false pretence and with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N4,500,000.00) from Jude Anyado, for the sale of Shop E 1811 situate at Electronics International Shopping Complex/Electronics Dealers Association Market, along Onitsha -Enugu Expressway, Onitsha, when you falsely represented to him that you had property to pass in the shop, a pretence which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 ( 1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and Punishable Under Section 1 ( 3) of the same Act”.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
18th May, 2016
