• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Home Anti-Corruption EFCC Arraigns Two For $64,000 Romance Scam
  • Anti-Corruption

EFCC Arraigns Two For $64,000 Romance Scam

By
Wilson Uwujaren
-
July 1, 2015
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday July 1, 2015, arraigned the duo of Osaze Akhigbe  and Ndekwu Jindu before Justice Lawal Akapo of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on an 11-count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain goods and money by false pretence.
The defendants, Akhigbe and Jindu were arrested by the EFCC sometime in 2013 based on a petition from one Jolanta K, an American.
Jolanta alleged that she met jindu, who introduced himself as a self-employed Caucasian pharmacist, online in June 2012. Impressed by his profile she “fell in love” with him, and both agreed to get married.
She further alleged that in the course of the relationship, the defendant at different times hoodwinked her into parting with over Sixty Four Thousand United States Dollars ($64,000 USD).
Count 2 of the charge reads; “That you,
Osaze Akhigbe on or about the 6th of September 2012 at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division with the intent to defraud obtained a total sum of $1,900 (One Thousand Nine Hundred United States Dollars) from one Jolanta K. through western union money transfer under the false pretence that the money represent payment for marriage engagement processes between you and her in Nigeria and which pretence you knew was false”.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to them.
In view of the plea of the defendants the prosecution counsel, A. A Akujo asked for a trial date and prayed the court to remand them in prison custody.
Justice Akapo adjourned the case till September 21, 2015 for hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendants be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
1st July, 2015
PRNigeria encourages institutions to be transparent in their information management as it provides news items from authoritative sources for free use by the media
VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
Previous articleEFCC Arraigns Man For Dud Cheque, Forgery
Next articleEFCC Returns 10,000 Euros To French Victim of Love Scam
Wilson Uwujaren
Wilson Uwujaren
https://prnigeria.com/

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

NAHCON

Renewed Hope in Hajj Operations: NAHCON Records Milestone Achievements Under Tinubu Administration

Mohammed Idris Malagi, Honorable Minister of Information and National Orientation

FG Reaffirms Non-Interference in ICPC, EFCC Operations

ICPC Secures Conviction of Rector for Running Unaccredited Degree Programmes

Engr Abba Babagana Dalori

Engr Dalori Forfeits Galaxy Hospital, Petrol Station, Properties & Cash

Chinese nationals jailed in Lagos

Court Jails Nine Chinese Nationals for Cybercrime in Lagos

ASUU

Tackle Corruption, Institutional Decay – ASUU Charges FG

EFCC Arraigns Bauchi Accountant General Over N8bn Fraud as Court Sentences Kano Make-Up Artist for Naira Abuse

PRNigeria logo fearured image

EFCC Arraigns Ex-Convict, Other for Naira Abuse in Lagos

EFCC Arrests 37 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Ilorin

EFCC, CCC and the Battle Against Corruption in Nigeria, By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi

Ola Olukoyede, EFCC Chairman

EFCC’s Anti-Corruption War: Between Media Trial and Intelligence-Driven Operations

Olayiwola Oguntade

Court Sentences Ex JAMB Staff for N10m Fraud in Ibadan

LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply

Log in to leave a comment

Recent Posts

  • Another Beautiful Evening for Nigeria Customs in Accra
  • Troops foil attack, eliminate scores of bandits in Sokoto
  • NITDA Unveils Trustmark Platform for Safer E-Commerce in Nigeria
  • Dismissed Officer Impersonating Agency, Defrauding Public — DSS Alerts Nigerians
  • Armed Forces, Security Agencies to Hold Route March in Abuja — DHQ
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
Another Beautiful Evening for Nigeria Customs in AccraTroops foil attack, eliminate scores of bandits in SokotoNITDA Unveils Trustmark Platform for Safer E-Commerce in NigeriaDismissed Officer Impersonating Agency, Defrauding Public — DSS Alerts NigeriansArmed Forces, Security Agencies to Hold Route March in Abuja — DHQFG Orders Tertiary Institutions to Account for Unused TETFund Allocations Within 30 DaysTinubu Nominates Prof. Amupitan, a Northern Yoruba Scholar, as New INEC ChairmanPolice Nab 12 Suspects Over Killing of Arise TV Anchor in Abuja RobberyMACBAN Slams Plateau Insecurity Report, Alleges Exclusion of Fulani VictimsICPC Secures 24-Year Jail Term for Retired FCTA Director Over N318 Million FraudCG Audi Harps on NSCDC’s Commitment to Grassroots Security, Intelligence Drive in AnambraUNILAG to Honor Bayelsa Governor Douye Diri, Launches Professorial Chair on Good GovernanceAfrica Radio International Names Pioneer Management Team to Lead Pan-African Media DriveFCT Police Nab Killers of Arise TV Staff in AbujaThe Silence Over the Lagos Five: A National Tragedy Ignored By Hawwah A. Gambo
X whatsapp