Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing to the tune of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars).
The accused-
Adeyemi Oluwaseun, Suleiman Yusuf, Yusuf Imran Adekunle and Haruna Issah -
allegedly connived to defraud their employers of the said sum of money.
One of the
counts reads:
"Adeyemi
Oluwaseun, Suleiman Yusuf Obhakume, Yusuf Imran Adekunle and Haruna Issah on or
about 16th day of September, 2016 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court stole the Sum of USD$ 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) property of First Marina Trust Limited".
When the
charges were read to them, they all pleaded not guilty.
In view of
their pleas, counsel to the EFCC, Zainab Ettu, urged the court to fix a date
for trial and prayed that the accused be remanded in prison custody.
Counsels to
the accused pleaded with the court not to remand their clients in prison
custody.
They further
asked the court for a short adjournment to argue the bail applications.
Justice
Oyefeso, however, ordered the defendants to be remanded in Ikoyi prison pending
hearing of the bail applications.
The matter
was adjourned to July 11, 2017 for hearing of the pending bail applications.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head, Media
& Publicity
July 4, 2017
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