By Felix Kuyinu
The Ikeja High Court is set to deliver judgement on three men accused of fraudulently obtaining the sum of N20m through electronic mail hacking.
The suspects: Ugorji Clinton, Obinanwa Abiodun and Kehinde Adewusi were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision, EFCC, on an amended two-count charge of conspiracy to obtain money by false pretences and attempt to obtain money by false pretences.
They pleaded not guilty
Justice Hakeem Oshodi reserved the judgment till July 1 after the prosecution and defence counsel adopted their final written addresses.
The EFCC, while adopting its final written address dated April 12, urged the court to convict the defendants as charged and held that the prosecution proved all the ingredients of the offences.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Ugorji Ugochukwu Clinton, Obinanwa Vincent Abiodun and Kehinde Adewusi, on or about the 29th day of July, 2016 at Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, conspired to obtain the sum of N20,000,000 (Twenty Million Naira) from Sageto Limited.”
Another count reads: “That you, Ugorji Ugochukwu Clinton, Obinanwa Vincent Abiodun and Kehinde Adewusi, on or about the 29th day of July, 2016 at Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, attempted to obtain the sum of N20,000,000 (Twenty Million Naira) from Sageto Limited under the false pretence that the instruction to transfer the sum of N20,000,000 (Twenty Million Naira) emanated from the Managing Director of Sageto Limited for the benefit of Ololade Olasunkanmi, which pretence you knew was false.”
According to the anti-graft agency, the offences violate Sections Section 8 (a) 1 (3) and 8(b)1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.