The suspect, Yusuf Oyepeju. Photo: EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Directorate, has arraigned a man, Yusuf Oyepeju, before Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan.
Oyepeju, alongside his two companies, Alwajeez International Nigeria Limited and AIN Homes and Property Limited were arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on forgery, uttering of documents, stealing by conversion and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N13, 697, 900.00.
This was contained in a statement issued by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday.
The charges, according to the statement, alleged that Oyepeju defrauded an Islamic cleric, a Dubai-based Nigerian, Fasasi Bayonle, of his monies and properties, whom he met on a WhatsApp group created for Muslims and for spreading Islamic teachings, as both were tutors on the WhatsApp group.
