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| Chris Okafor. |
The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Chris Okafor before Justice O. Eyah of Enugu State High Court, on four- count charges bordering on stealing and obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of Sixty-Four Million, Eight Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira (N64, 890,000).
He was arraigned on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, based on claims of a petitioner linking him with an alleged fraudulent property transaction.
Count One of the charges read: “That you Chris Okafor and
Lion of Judea Real Estate Company Limited between the months of March, 2017 and
December, 2018 at Enugu State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court
did commit a felony to wit: stealing by fraudulently converting to your
personal use the sum of Fifty-Nine Million, Two Hundred and Ninety Thousand
Naira (N59, 290,000.00) property of staff of Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory
Authority (NNRA), the said sum being part payment of the purchase of 79 plots
of land located at Obinagu Obeagu Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area,
Enugu State”.
The defendant pleaded not guilty when the charges were
read to him.
In view of his plea, EFCC Counsel prayed the court to
remand the defendant in a Correctional Centre. Justice Eyah thereafter
ordered the defendant to be remanded in Enugu Correctional Centre, and
adjourned the case to November 15 and 16, 2023 for trial.
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