Alleged fraud: Court grants Nollywood producer N7.5 million bail
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail to popular Nollywood movie producer, Mr Ifeanyi Onyeabor in the sum of N7.5 million with two sureties in like sum.
Onyeabor was dragged before the court presided over by Justice Habeeb Abiru for allegedly defrauding one Steve-James Nigeria Limited of N8.8 million.
Abiru in a short ruling on the bail application held that the two sureties who must be resident in Lagos must also be close relatives of the accused.
The sureties are also to have landed property in Lagos and must produce evidence of three years tax clearance payment to the Lagos State Government.
The judge also ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to verify the residential and business addresses of the sureties.
40-year-old movie producer at his arraignment on July 5, pleaded not guilty to the seven-count charge preferred against him and was remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons.
The EFCC had alleged that he collected a total sum of N8.8 million from Steve-James Nigeria Ltd. in Dec. 2008 for the purpose of producing two movies entitled: “Young Amazon” and “Tribes”.
In the charge sheet, the anti-graft agency claimed that Onyeabor, with intent to defraud, stole and fraudulently converted N1, 850,000 property of Steve-James Nigeria Ltd. entrusted to him for the production of the movies.
Other charges also explained how the accused had on different occasions allegedly received N1, 200,000; N950, 000; N3, 000,000; 1,200,000; N500, 000 and N100, 000 from the complainants.
The EFCC further alleged that Onyeabor, after collecting the money, failed to produce the movies and diverted the money for other personal use.
His alleged offences, according to the EFCC, contravene Section 390(9) of the Criminal Code Cap C 17, Vol. 2 Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2003.
The matter was adjourned to Oct.17 for commencement of trial.
Car dealer in court over N1.7m fraud
The police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a car dealer, Wasiu Usman, for allegedly duping a professor of N1.7 million in the guise of supplying him a Toyota Hiace bus.
Usman, 35, was arraigned before Magistrate A.O. Olatunji of the Ebute Meta Magistrates` Court on a four-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and stealing.
He, however, pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Isaac Aminu, submitted that the accused defrauded Prof. Oluyemi Akinadewo on Nov. 29, 2009 at No. 11 Arowolo St., Idimu.
Aminu said Usman collected the sum from his victim but failed to supply the bus as he promised.
He added that the accused escaped from detention at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba after his arrest.
The prosecutor said the alleged offences contravened Sections 135, 390 (9) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, and punishable with seven years imprisonment.
The case was adjourned till Aug. 10 for further hearing.
3 docked for alleged burglary, theft
Three men were on Tuesday in Lagos arraigned at the Surulere Magistrates’ Court for allegedly burgling the home of one Sheffield Warrie and stealing property worth N150,000.
The accused, Tade Esomodumi, 21, Segun Ajileye, 26 and Yusuf Bolaji, 21, are facing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, housebreaking and stealing.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge.
The prosecutor, Constable Ishola Samuel, told the court that the accused and others at large burgled Warrie’s house on July 16.
Samuel said the accused committed the alleged crime at about 2.30 a.m.
He said the accused stole one HP laptop.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Sections 390 9(9) 411(1) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Magistrate M.K.O Fadeyi, however, granted the accused bail in the sum of N250, 000 each.
Fadeyi also ordered that the accused produce two sureties each as part of the bail conditions.
He adjourned the case till Aug. 23 for further hearing.
21-year-old student docked for rape
A 21-year-old student, Akeem Adeyemi, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ejigbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl.
Adeyemi was alleged to have committed the offence with another person now at large.
The accused is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful defilement.
The accused pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Olakunle Shonibare, told the court that the accused committed the alleged rape on May 13 at 10 p.m.
He said the alleged offence was perpetrated in an uncompleted building at Liasu Road, Egbe, Lagos.
Shonibare said the accused and his cohort forcefully had carnal knowledge of the girl.
He said the offence contravened Sections 221 and 516 Cap 17 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Meanwhile, the prosecutor objected to the bail application for the accused on the grounds that ``the complainant’s family will want the case transferred to a Family Court’’.
Magistrate Maimunat Folami, however, granted the prayer of the complainant and ordered the transfer of the case to the Family Court 6 at Ikeja, Lagos.
Police arraign 2 over alleged theft of cosmetics
A truck driver and his assistant on Tuesday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates` Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing 136 cartons of cosmetics.
The accused -- Chinedu Benjamin (29) and Emeka Eze (24) -- are standing trial before Magistrate Tunbosun Abolarinwa on a three-count charge of conspiracy, burglary and stealing.
They, however, pleaded not guilty.
Abolarinwa granted each of them bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
The prosecutor, ASP Jack Asuquo, had told the court that the duo broke into a shop belonging to one Uzor Chidozie and made away with the cosmetics worth N556,000.
Asuquo said the police arrested the duo on June 6 at A Block, Article Dealers Market, Abule Oshun in the Ojo area of Lagos.
He said the alleged offences contravened Sections 390 (9), 413 (2) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, and punishable with seven years imprisonment.
The defence counsel, Kola Afolayan, urged the court to strike out the suit on grounds that they had no case to answer.
He submitted that Benjamin was hired to convey the cosmetics to a warehouse at the above-named address.
The counsel said the driver and his assistant were arrested by the police while offloading the goods at the warehouse at 3 a.m.
The court adjourned the case till Aug. 16 for further hearing.
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail to popular Nollywood movie producer, Mr Ifeanyi Onyeabor in the sum of N7.5 million with two sureties in like sum.
Onyeabor was dragged before the court presided over by Justice Habeeb Abiru for allegedly defrauding one Steve-James Nigeria Limited of N8.8 million.
Abiru in a short ruling on the bail application held that the two sureties who must be resident in Lagos must also be close relatives of the accused.
The sureties are also to have landed property in Lagos and must produce evidence of three years tax clearance payment to the Lagos State Government.
The judge also ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to verify the residential and business addresses of the sureties.
40-year-old movie producer at his arraignment on July 5, pleaded not guilty to the seven-count charge preferred against him and was remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons.
The EFCC had alleged that he collected a total sum of N8.8 million from Steve-James Nigeria Ltd. in Dec. 2008 for the purpose of producing two movies entitled: “Young Amazon” and “Tribes”.
In the charge sheet, the anti-graft agency claimed that Onyeabor, with intent to defraud, stole and fraudulently converted N1, 850,000 property of Steve-James Nigeria Ltd. entrusted to him for the production of the movies.
Other charges also explained how the accused had on different occasions allegedly received N1, 200,000; N950, 000; N3, 000,000; 1,200,000; N500, 000 and N100, 000 from the complainants.
The EFCC further alleged that Onyeabor, after collecting the money, failed to produce the movies and diverted the money for other personal use.
His alleged offences, according to the EFCC, contravene Section 390(9) of the Criminal Code Cap C 17, Vol. 2 Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2003.
The matter was adjourned to Oct.17 for commencement of trial.
Car dealer in court over N1.7m fraud
The police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a car dealer, Wasiu Usman, for allegedly duping a professor of N1.7 million in the guise of supplying him a Toyota Hiace bus.
Usman, 35, was arraigned before Magistrate A.O. Olatunji of the Ebute Meta Magistrates` Court on a four-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and stealing.
He, however, pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Isaac Aminu, submitted that the accused defrauded Prof. Oluyemi Akinadewo on Nov. 29, 2009 at No. 11 Arowolo St., Idimu.
Aminu said Usman collected the sum from his victim but failed to supply the bus as he promised.
He added that the accused escaped from detention at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba after his arrest.
The prosecutor said the alleged offences contravened Sections 135, 390 (9) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, and punishable with seven years imprisonment.
The case was adjourned till Aug. 10 for further hearing.
3 docked for alleged burglary, theft
Three men were on Tuesday in Lagos arraigned at the Surulere Magistrates’ Court for allegedly burgling the home of one Sheffield Warrie and stealing property worth N150,000.
The accused, Tade Esomodumi, 21, Segun Ajileye, 26 and Yusuf Bolaji, 21, are facing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, housebreaking and stealing.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge.
The prosecutor, Constable Ishola Samuel, told the court that the accused and others at large burgled Warrie’s house on July 16.
Samuel said the accused committed the alleged crime at about 2.30 a.m.
He said the accused stole one HP laptop.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Sections 390 9(9) 411(1) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Magistrate M.K.O Fadeyi, however, granted the accused bail in the sum of N250, 000 each.
Fadeyi also ordered that the accused produce two sureties each as part of the bail conditions.
He adjourned the case till Aug. 23 for further hearing.
21-year-old student docked for rape
A 21-year-old student, Akeem Adeyemi, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ejigbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl.
Adeyemi was alleged to have committed the offence with another person now at large.
The accused is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful defilement.
The accused pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Olakunle Shonibare, told the court that the accused committed the alleged rape on May 13 at 10 p.m.
He said the alleged offence was perpetrated in an uncompleted building at Liasu Road, Egbe, Lagos.
Shonibare said the accused and his cohort forcefully had carnal knowledge of the girl.
He said the offence contravened Sections 221 and 516 Cap 17 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Meanwhile, the prosecutor objected to the bail application for the accused on the grounds that ``the complainant’s family will want the case transferred to a Family Court’’.
Magistrate Maimunat Folami, however, granted the prayer of the complainant and ordered the transfer of the case to the Family Court 6 at Ikeja, Lagos.
Police arraign 2 over alleged theft of cosmetics
A truck driver and his assistant on Tuesday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates` Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing 136 cartons of cosmetics.
The accused -- Chinedu Benjamin (29) and Emeka Eze (24) -- are standing trial before Magistrate Tunbosun Abolarinwa on a three-count charge of conspiracy, burglary and stealing.
They, however, pleaded not guilty.
Abolarinwa granted each of them bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
The prosecutor, ASP Jack Asuquo, had told the court that the duo broke into a shop belonging to one Uzor Chidozie and made away with the cosmetics worth N556,000.
Asuquo said the police arrested the duo on June 6 at A Block, Article Dealers Market, Abule Oshun in the Ojo area of Lagos.
He said the alleged offences contravened Sections 390 (9), 413 (2) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, and punishable with seven years imprisonment.
The defence counsel, Kola Afolayan, urged the court to strike out the suit on grounds that they had no case to answer.
He submitted that Benjamin was hired to convey the cosmetics to a warehouse at the above-named address.
The counsel said the driver and his assistant were arrested by the police while offloading the goods at the warehouse at 3 a.m.
The court adjourned the case till Aug. 16 for further hearing.
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