A policeman, ASP Chris Attah, on Tuesday told a
Lagos High Court how an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Davis Ibrahim, allegedly attempted to defraud one Mrs.
Augusta Eleshin.
According to Attah, who testified at the resumed trial of Ibrahim and Somorin Olusegun, the accused persons succeeded in defrauding Eleshin of N55,000.
Ibrahim, an administrative Officer with the EFCC and Somorin, a GSM repairer, are facing a seven-count charge on conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence, forgery and tendering of false document.
The trial judge, Justice Joseph Oyewole, adjourned the matter to June 13 to enable the prosecution call more witnesses.
Attah, in his evidence, led by EFCC lawyer, Mr. Ben Ubi, claimed that the accused persons had demanded N5m from Eleshin to thwart a purported investigation of her husband.
The witness said Eleshin, who is also a police inspector, called him in August 2008 to inform him of the petitions which the defendants gave him, claiming it was written against her husband.
The witness said Eleshin had told him that the petition was given to her by Ibrahim, posing as Sadiq Bello.
He said, “In the petition, which was on the letterhead of the EFCC, they claimed that they were investigating her husband, Saka Odofin, and that she should pay them N5m to stop the investigation.
“I told her that the petition dated August 12, 2008 must be a fake document because it had no minutes but that she should play along with them.”
According to him, he later met with the accused persons posing as an elder brother to Eleshin’s husband who they said was petitioned and that he was also shown another copy of the purported petition.
He further told the court that Ibrahim drove them to the EFCC office in Lagos on a weekend to buttress the authenticity of their claims but said they could not gain access to any office.
“I told him we cannot pay the N5m they were demanding and asked Eleshin to give them N55, 000 which she had on her,” he said.
By Olalekan Adetayo, Ibadan Courtesy Of: Punch
According to Attah, who testified at the resumed trial of Ibrahim and Somorin Olusegun, the accused persons succeeded in defrauding Eleshin of N55,000.
Ibrahim, an administrative Officer with the EFCC and Somorin, a GSM repairer, are facing a seven-count charge on conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence, forgery and tendering of false document.
The trial judge, Justice Joseph Oyewole, adjourned the matter to June 13 to enable the prosecution call more witnesses.
Attah, in his evidence, led by EFCC lawyer, Mr. Ben Ubi, claimed that the accused persons had demanded N5m from Eleshin to thwart a purported investigation of her husband.
The witness said Eleshin, who is also a police inspector, called him in August 2008 to inform him of the petitions which the defendants gave him, claiming it was written against her husband.
The witness said Eleshin had told him that the petition was given to her by Ibrahim, posing as Sadiq Bello.
He said, “In the petition, which was on the letterhead of the EFCC, they claimed that they were investigating her husband, Saka Odofin, and that she should pay them N5m to stop the investigation.
“I told her that the petition dated August 12, 2008 must be a fake document because it had no minutes but that she should play along with them.”
According to him, he later met with the accused persons posing as an elder brother to Eleshin’s husband who they said was petitioned and that he was also shown another copy of the purported petition.
He further told the court that Ibrahim drove them to the EFCC office in Lagos on a weekend to buttress the authenticity of their claims but said they could not gain access to any office.
“I told him we cannot pay the N5m they were demanding and asked Eleshin to give them N55, 000 which she had on her,” he said.
By Olalekan Adetayo, Ibadan Courtesy Of: Punch
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