Nigeria - Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday ordered a Lagos socialite and movie producer, Mr. Olajide Oluwaseun Kareem, popularly known as Seun Egbegbe, to be remanded in prison over an alleged foreign exchange scam.
Egbegbe will be in prison pending hearing of his bail application.
Policemen from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) of Lagos State Police Command, Panti-Yaba, arraigned Egbegbe before the court on 36- count charge of conspiracy and fraud.
He was arraigned alongside his accomplice, one Oyekan Ayomide.
In the charge sheet marked FHC/L/40c/2017, filed before the court by the SCIID’s Head of Legal Department, Mr. Effiong Asuquo, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), the two suspected fraudster were alleged to have defrauded Bureau De Change (BDC) operators at various places in Lagos State to the tune of N40.647 million.
The offences, according to the prosecutor, Mr. Anyigor Innocent, are contrary to sections 8 and 1(1)(a)(B)(3) of Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006, and punishable under section 1(1) of the same Act.
Among the BDC operators allegedly defrauded by the defendants are – Issa Adamu, Mohammed Sanni, Jubril Ado, Hassan Amodu, Bala Mohammed, Sanni Hassan, Abdullahi Mumuni, Suraju Garuba, Mutairu Shuaibu, Sanusi Muhammad, and Kabiru Jubril.
Others are – Barowo Abdullahi, Yahu, Abubakar Musa, Abdullahi Babatunde, Nasir Musa, Umaru Haruna, Umaru Sanni, Mohammed Bello, Mohammed Alli, Abdulrazaq Sanni, Tairu Musa, Sulaiman Sheu, Amadu Abda and Dauda Ibrahim.
Both the defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred against them by the police.
Due to their not guilty plea, the prosecutor, Mr. Anyigor, urged the court to remand them in prison pending trial.
But their counsel, A. O. Gbadamoshi, pleaded with the court to give date for the hearing of his clients’ bail applications.
He told the court that he is yet to file the bail application.
Justice Oguntoyinbo granted the request of the defence and ordered that the two defendants be remanded in prison.
She thereafter adjourned the matter till March 10 for trial.
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