EFCC re-arraigns 2 over alleged N78.3 million stealing

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) re-arraigned  Blessing Onyinaya Chimaobi and Uzofor Benson Chinedu earlier than the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over  stealing of N78,347,100.

The defendants had been re- arraigned earlier than Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe on 20 depend expenses  bordering on conspiracy, stealing and retention of proceeds of felony conduct.

The defendants had been initially arraigned on February 7, 2024, on a three-count cost bordering on conspiracy and stealing. The prosecution subsequently amended the costs, growing them to twenty counts.

Count One reads: “Blessing Onyinaya Chimaobi, Uzofor Benson Chinedu and Olisa Charles (at Large) sometimes in 2023 at Lagos within the Jurisdiction of this Honorable Court conspired to defraud one Christopher Onuigbo an aggregate sum of N78, 347,100 (Seventy-eight million, three hundred and forty seven thousand, one hundred naira)”.

The courtroom  subsequently adjourned the matter to February 10, 11, 16 and 17, 2027, for continuation of trial.

Another depend  reads: “Blessing Onyinaya Chimaobi, Uzofor Benson Chinedu and Olisa Charles (at large) sometimes in 2018 through 2023 at Lagos within the Jurisdiction of this Honorable Court dishonestly converted for your own use an aggregate sum of N78,347,100 (Seventy-eight million, three hundred and forty seven thousand, one hundred naira) Property of Christopher Onuigbo.”

The defendants, nevertheless, pleaded not responsible to the costs once they had been learn to them.

Following their pleas, prosecution counsel, T.J. Banjo, urged the courtroom to revoke the defendants’ bail and remand them in a correctional facility.

The courtroom  subsequently adjourned the matter to February 10, 11, 16 and 17, 2027, for continuation of trial.