The defendants were brought before Justice Abubakar Usman of the Federal High Court on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and retention of proceeds of crime, contrary to Section 17(a) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004.
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned a self-styled native doctor, Olorunbukunmi Taiwo, and his wife, Awolegan Omolola Omotola, before the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti over an alleged contract scam involving the sum of N1,098,961,500.
The defendants were brought before Justice Abubakar Usman of the Federal High Court on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and retention of proceeds of crime, contrary to Section 17(a) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004.
According to the EFCC, the duo ran into trouble after a widow, identified as Anazia Colina Kenechukwu, a proprietor of a private school in Delta State, petitioned the Commission, alleging that the first defendant, Taiwo, approached her with claims that he had been awarded a road construction contract by the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC), and that she was to finance the execution of the said project.
