The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Olorunbukunmi Taiwo, a self-styled native doctor, and Awolegan Omolola Omotola, his wife, over an alleged contract scam to the tune of N1,098,961,500 (one billion, ninety-eight million, six hundred and ninety-one thousand, five hundred naira only).
The couple were arraigned before Justice Abubakar Usman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti 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.
Taiwo and Omotola ran into trouble when Anazia Colina Kenechukwu, a widow and proprietor of a private school in Delta State, petitioned the EFCC, alleging that the first defendant, Taiwo, approached her to finance a road construction contract purportedly awarded to him by the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC).
Kenechukwu further alleged that a total sum of N1,980,000,000.00 was paid into Taiwo’s account domiciled with Access Bank Plc.
Investigation further revealed that the couple invested the proceeds of the illicit activities in the acquisition of two properties in Ado-Ekiti, namely: Town Tavern Lounge, located at No. 1, Ikere Road, off Florence Court School, Ado-Ekiti, and a four-bedroom bungalow located on Florence Court, Irewolede Estate, Ado-Ekiti Related News Bandits abduct 50 Zamfara elders on peace mission, demand N24m ransom Senate faces backlash over refusal to probe security spending amid rising insecurity Resent: One killed, another injured in Plateau ambush
