EFCC ARRAIGNS THREE PETROLEUM MARKETERS OVER ALLEGED N84.8M FRAUD IN LAGOS
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned three petroleum marketers before an Ikeja Special Offences Court over the alleged theft of N84,870,000 belonging to one Auwalu Ibrahim.
The defendants, Adamu Yahuza Sulaiman, who trades under the name and style of Luxury Process and Business Comfort, Rasaq Garba, and Ashiru Tshoho, were arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and obtaining money by false pretence.
All three defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Following their plea, prosecuting counsel, U.S. Kyari, informed the court that the prosecution would call three witnesses to prove its case and requested a trial date. He also urged the court to remand the defendants pending the commencement of trial.
Justice Oshodi granted the request, ordering that the first and third defendants, Sulaiman and Tshoho, be remanded in the custody of the Maximum Correctional Facility. The second defendant, Garba, was however admitted to bail.
The matter was adjourned until May 5, 2026, for commencement of trial.
According to one of the charges, the defendants allegedly conspired on or about August 18, 2023, in Lagos, to steal the sum of N84,870,000, property of Auwalu Ibrahim, contrary to Section 409 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2011.
Another count alleges that the defendants, with intent to defraud, obtained the same sum under the false representation that it was payment for the supply of 225,000 litres of petroleum products, an offence said to contravene Sections 1(1) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.
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