EFCC Arrests Fake Army General Danfulani
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office, have arrested a fake Army General posing as Brigadier General Dawuk Danfulani of the 6 Division Garrison, Nigeria Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The suspect, Adesola Bucknor, allegedly “appointed” the Vice Chancelor, Rivers State University, Professor Blessing Diba, as Chief Command Patron of the Nigerian Army Chaplain Service and signed the “Appointment Letter” in the name of Brigadier General Dawuk Danfulani. In the letter, he solicited for financial support for the entertainment of guests invited to the installation of Dibia and a thanksgiving ceremony after his installation.
To lend credence to the ” Appointment Letter”, Bucknor allegedly forged the logo of the Nigerian Army Chaplain Services and signed the document accordingly.
Searches conducted in his residence in Port Harcourt, yielded several incriminating documents establishing the offence.
The suspect will soon be charged to court.
Meanwhile, EFCC has arraigned the dou of Temitope Owolani (alias Patra Raphael) and Godwin Iyetor (alias Engineer) before Justice Adamu Turaki of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.
Specifically, the duo are being prosecuted for allegedly defrauding one Isiaku Ahmadu the sum of N1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) purportedly for the purchase of a Toyota Hiace bus.
According to the petitioner, on 6 December, 2017, Ahmed transferred the sum of N1.5million to Enwerem Christian’s Eko bank account number 6018268684 as a part-payment for the purchase of the bus. After confirming receipt of the payment, the suspects neither delivered the bus to him nor refunded the money he paid to them.
One of the counts read: “that you Temitope Patience Owolani (alias Patra Raphael), Godwin Iyetor (alias Engineer), Enwerem Christian (alias Mayor), now at large, and Ahmed Yakubu Mokawo (now at large) on or about the 6th of December 2017 at Port Harcourt within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira only from one Isiaku Ahmed as money meant for the sale of a Toyota Hiace Bus to him, a pretext which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1) (a) and (2) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act”.
In view of the plea of the defendants, prosecution counsel, Tanko Iko applied for a date for commencement of trial and for the defendants to be remanded in prison custody. However, counsel for the first and second defendants: M.O. Saleh and D.D Danjuma told the court that they needed to file a bail application.
The bail processes could, however, not be concluded owing to the vacation session of the court. The defendants were remanded in prison custody for the matter to be reassigned to a vacation judge.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
