The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) Sokoto Zonal Workplace, Thursday, arraigned three prime officers of the Sokoto Medical and Well being Staff Union over alleged conspiracy and acquiring N3,300,000.00 by false pretence.
The defendants have been: former Chairman, Shagari Native Authorities Space department of the Medical and Well being Staff Union of Nigeria, Ibrahim Dan-Dede, his Secretary, Suleiman Ibrahim and Treasurer, Habibu Musa, respectively.
DAILY POST learnt that the suspects have been made to seem earlier than Justice Isah Muhammad Bargaja of the Sokoto State Excessive Court docket.
EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale mentioned this in an announcement to newsmen in Abuja.
Depend one learn: “That you just Ibrahim Dan-Dede whereas being the Chairman, Suleiman Ibrahim whereas being the Secretary and Habibu Musa whereas being Treasurer of Medical and Well being Staff Union of Nigeria, Shagari Native Authorities Space department of Sokoto State, someday in August, 2015 in Sokoto, inside the jurisdiction of this honourable court docket, with intent to defraud, did receive 20 items of latest Daylong G125, bikes, which every price the sum of N165,000.00 (One Hundred And Sixty 5 Thousand Naira), totalling the sum of N3,300,000.00 (Three Million Three Hundred Naira, Solely) from one Babangida Garba (a bike seller), whenever you falsely represented your self to him the bikes have been for the members of your union as mortgage, a pretence you knew to be false and thereby dedicated an offence opposite to Part 1(1)(a) of the Advance Price Fraud and Different Fraud Associated Offences Act, 2006 and punishable below Part 1(3) of the identical Act.”
Nevertheless, when the costs have been learn to the defendants, they pleaded not responsible.
It was on this foundation that the prosecution counsel, Habila Jonathan, requested the court docket for a date for graduation of trial and urged the court docket to remand the accused individuals in custody of the Nigeria Correctional Companies (NCS), in Sokoto State.
However the protection counsel, Ibrahim Umar, prayed for time to allow him file the bail functions of his shoppers
In his ruling, Justice Bargaja adjourned the case until July 15, for trial and ordered that the defendants be remanded within the custody of Nigeria Correctional Companies, pending the dedication of their bail functions
Additional, the defendants’ bother began when the Fee obtained a petition towards them by a bike seller, who alleged that generally in August 2015, the defendants approached him to produce 20 items of latest Daylong G125 bikes, with every costing the sum of N165, 000.00 (100 and Sixty 5 Thousand Naira) totalling the sum of N3, 300,000.00 (Three Million Three Hundred Naira).
The petitioner even added that the defendants falsely introduced to him, that the bikes have been for the members of their union as loans.
He mentioned that based mostly on that assurance, he equipped the 20 items of the bikes, for which he neither obtained any cost nor return of his items.
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