The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Iredia Endurance for alleged fraud.
Endurance, who claimed to be 19-years old was recently arrested by the Commission sequel to a petition by one Chrstine Brown, a British citizen, alleging that the suspect defrauded her of £450,000.00.
Upon arrest, the suspect confessed he received £250,000.00 from the complainant in Bitcoin, FedEx and gift cards
On what he did with the money, the suspect averred that they were expanded on cars, gold chains, and landed properties, among others.
Some of the items recovered from the suspect include mobile phones, laptops, sim cards and landed property.
The suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
Police recover car, other belongings in Lagos, owner missing
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Police Command, have recovered a SUV car in the Alausa, Ikejaarea of the state.
The disclosure is contained in a statement posted Tuesday on the security outfit official Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The agency said its officers recovered the vehicle Monday at about 10:00 p.m. under Otedola bridge.
“Our patrol team recovered an SUV, 4matic GL 450 yesterday with the registration number KUJ 384 LY.
“The car’s engine was running and the driver’s side door opened with no occupant.
“In the car were travelling bags and laptop” the post read.
It stated that the Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, had directed the decoy team to commence preliminary investigation immediately.
According to the statement, whoever has information about the owner of the vehicle should kindly contact RRS HQ, AlausaSecretariat, Ikeja.
The EFCC had, on Friday, October 21, 2022, arraigned Shasore for the offence, which is contrary to and punishable under Section 9(1) (a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, on or about the 18th day of November 2014 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, corruptly gave the sum of USD100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to one Mrs. OlufolakemiAdelore (then Director, Legal, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources) on account of the role she played in the arbitral proceedings instituted by Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) against the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources.”
The second count reads: “That you, Olasupo Shasore, SAN, on or about the 18th day of November, 2014 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, corruptly gave the sum of USD100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to one Mr. IkechukwuOguine (Secretary to the Corporation and Coordinator, Legal Services, NNPC) on account of the role he played in the arbitral proceedings instituted by Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) against the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources.”
He pleaded “not guilty” to the charges.
At today’s proceedings, the prosecuting counsel, BalaSanga, informed the court that he was ready to proceed with the trial.
“The matter was adjourned till today for trial.
“We have two witnesses in court, and we are ready,” he said.
The lead defence counsel, Chijioke Okoli, SAN, however, informed the court that the defence had filed an application before the court dated December 2, 2022 seeking an adjournment, adding that the defence needed some more documents from the prosecution.
Sanga confirmed receipt of the said application.
“We won’t be objecting, as long as the defence accepts that the adjournment is at its instance,” he said.
Okoli, thereafter, moved the said application.
Addressing the court on the request of the defence for more documents, Sanga said: “This is one case out of about 103 cases on investigations going on around Process and Industrial Developments Limited, P&ID.
“At the moment, there are roughly at least 21 ongoing criminal trials.
“What that means is that, apart from the trials, we have 153 files, with a volume of papers running up to more than 30,000.
“We can only volunteer to give them what we can because the law says what is required is proof of evidence and not proof of defence.
“We are more than happy to oblige them with documents that are relevant.”
Sanga further intimated the court that the parent case involving P& ID commences in London in January, and that he is “a counsel in advisory capacity.”
Justice Dada adjourned the matter till April 4, 5 and 6, 2023 “for trial”.
