The Nigeria Police Drive has withdrawn a fraud rate towards Mr. Gbolahan Obanikoro, and 4 others, over alleged N1.3 billion fraud involving Get right of entry to Warehouse.
Obanikoro along, Adejare Adegbenro; Balmoral Global Restricted; M.O.B. Built-in Restricted; and DDSS Global Corporate Restricted have been billed for arraignment earlier than Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal Prime Court docket in Lagos on February 27.
PUNCH On-line experiences that the Federal Prime Court docket in Lagos had on Jan 31, 2025, fastened February 27, 2025, for the arraignment of Gbolahan Obanikoro, the son of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, and 4 others for alleged N1,356,057,330.43 fraud.
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Then again, in a remark cited by way of PUNCH On-line on Thursday, the police in a realize of withdrawal introduced beneath Division 108(1) of the Management of Prison Justice Operate, 2015, knowledgeable the courtroom of its need to pull back the rate towards the defendants.
The file dated February 4, and signed by way of a Important Superintendent of Police, J. I. Enang learn partly: “Remove realize that the prosecution hereby withdraws the above-mentioned rate towards the defendants herein.
Then again, incorrect reason why was once given for the withdrawal of the rate.
Within the go well with marked: FHC/L/902c/2024, the defendants have been accused of conspiracy, acquiring by way of fraudelant pretences, and involvement in a N1,356,057,330.43 fraud.
The Inspector Normal of Police had during the Particular Fraud Unit in Ikoyi, Lagos, accused all of the defendants of conspiring between Would possibly and September 2013 to fraudulently download the sum of N1,356,057,330.43 from Get right of entry to Warehouse % (previously Diamond Warehouse).
They allegedly misrepresented themselves to the deposit’s workforce and officials, claiming that they have been concerned within the trade of uploading automobiles from Dubai on the market in Nigeria and that the cash was once had to finance the importation of a suite of brand-new automobiles for resale.
The defendants have been additionally accused of changing, shifting, holding, or taking ownership of the budget, realizing or having reason why to understand that such budget have been proceeds of illegal job.
Moreover, they have been imagined to have unlawfully transformed the sum of N1 billion belonging to the deposit for private usefulness.
When the topic got here up latter era, the prosecutor, M.Y. Bello knowledgeable the courtroom that the topic was once scheduled for the arraignment of all defendants.
Then again, he asked a modern pace to permit all of the defendants to seem in courtroom and tug their pleas.
Suggest for the 4th defendant, Joshua Abel, advised the courtroom that lots of the defendants, who have been administrators weren’t within the nation, including that simplest the firms named within the rate were served with the rate sheet.
He, alternatively, confident the courtroom that each one defendants can be provide on the upcoming adjourned pace to tug their pleas.
In brightness of the submissions, Justice Lewis-Allagoa adjourned the topic to February 27 for the arraignment of all of the defendants.
In the meantime, there have been indications that the listening to for the case to be struck out would possibly secure the following day, Friday.