EFCC arraigns couple over N1.09bn fraud in Ado-Ekiti

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission logo. Photo: EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a couple, Olorunbukunmi Taiwo and his wife, Awolegan Omolola Omotola, before the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti over an alleged N1.09bn contract scam.

The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission brought the defendants before Justice Abubakar Usman on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and retention of proceeds of crime.

In a post on its X handle on Monday, according to the charge sheet, the defendants allegedly conspired to defraud a widow, Anazia Kenechukwu, who reported the matter to the commission after a purported road contract deal went sour.

The petition stated that, “the first defendant approached the complainant to finance a road construction contract purportedly awarded to him by the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission.”