The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Ilorin zonal office, Thursday arraigned a 36-year-old Joseph
Oyediran, one of the most wanted suspects by the Federal Bureau of
Investigations, FBI.
Oyediran was arraigned before
Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on a
five-count charge bordering on internet fraud and other fraud-related offences,
obtaining money under false pretense among others.
Count two of the charge read; ”
that you Joseph Oyediran (Joe MG, Morris Graves) sometime in May 2015, within
the jurisdiction of this honorable court, with intent to defraud, obtained the
sum of N1,421,968.00 from one Andrea Smith, a white American man in love with
her, a representation you knew to be false, punishable under Section 1(3) of
the Advanced fee fraud and other related offences Act no.14 of 2006.”
Oyediran, however, pleaded not
guilty to all the count charges levelled against him by the anti-graft agency.
When the matter was called
Thursday, the prosecuting counsel, Sessan Ola, told the court, “my Lord, we
have a five-count charge before this honourable court dated 19th September
2019, we urge the court to accept the charge and allow the accused person to
take his plea.”
Counsel to the accused, M A.
Bello, did not object to the application.
After the plea was taken,
prosecuting counsel informed the court that “in view of the defendant’s plea of
not guilty we are asking for a trial date to enable the prosecution prove its
case, we also pray your Lordship to remand the defendant in prison custody
pending the hearing and determination of this matter.”
Ruling on the submission, Justice
Abdulgafar ordered that the accused person be remanded in Mandala prison and
adjourned the case till October 9, 2019 for commencement of trial.
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