The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arraigned a property agent, Nwogu Peters, before Justice K.A. Jose of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on 22 counts of obtaining money by false pretence and issuance of dud cheques.
EFCC said Peters allegedly placed an advertisement in a national newspaper on Monday, February 16, 2009, alerting the public to some properties available for letting.
The suspect was said to have used the name of his outfits- Diplomatic Service Consultancy Limited and Christian Defence Fellowship, a non-governmental organisation- for the scam.
He was alleged to have collected money from various people under the pretext of letting the properties to them, which he never did.
The charges read in part, “That you, Nwogu Peter (a.k.a. Dr. N.D.C. Peters) and DSCL Services Consulting Limited, on or about the 16th day of February, 2009, in Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial Division by false pretence, and with intent to defraud, obtained N5.4m by false pretence from Mrs. Christie Abutu-Obiozo by falsely representing to her that the said sum represented two years rent in respect of your property measuring three bedroom flat with one-room boys quarter lying, and being situate at No. 4 Kingsley Emu Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos which representation you know to be false.”
When the charges were read to him, Peters pleaded not guilty.
EFCC counsel, Francis Usani, urged that the suspect be remanded in prison, while the counsel for the accused, C. J. Jiekeonn, prayed the court to admit his client to bail.
Jose adjourned the case to November 19, 2013 for hearing on the bail application, and February 3, 4 and 5, 2014 for trial.
He ordered that the accused person be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos pending the hearing of the bail.
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