The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned one Suzan Vega Ochuko
before Justice P.I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo
State
on a three count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false
pretence.
Ochuko and one
Tony Uyimwen aka Alex Ethan (now at large) allegedly operating with a pseudo
name Alex Ethan contacted one Mrs. Beatrice AUF DER MAUR from St. Gallen,
Switzerland via Facebook and defrauded her of One Hundred and Thirty-Two
Thousand Euro.
Mrs Auf Der
Maur was allegedly hoodwinked into a love relationship with the defendant who
subsequently defrauded her of the said amount under the pretence of executing a
non existing contract.The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.
In view of her
plea, the prosecution counsel M.T. Iko asked the court to fix a date for
commencement of trial. The defence counsel, Ekhator Ogiegbaen told the court
that he had filed an bail application for his client. He pleaded with the court
to grant his client bail as she will not jump bail and that the defendant was a
nursing mother.
Though the
prosecution counsel opposed the bail, Justice Ajoku granted the defendant bail
in the sum of One Million Naira with two sureties in like sum.
The sureties
must be civil servant not below grade level 12 or two sureties with landed property
within the jurisdiction of the court.
The sureties
must deposit original title of their document with the court while the civil
servant must produce an official letter from his superior from his office. The
documents are to be verified by the prosecution.
The matter was
adjourned to the 14th of June, 2017 for trial while the defendant is to be
remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of her bail.
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