Oil Subsidy Fraud: EFCC Re-arraigns 5 Suspects

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has re-arraigned three persons alongside their companies, Anosyke Group of Companies Limited and Dell Energy Limited, before Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja.The suspects, Ifeanyi Anosike, Emeka Chukwu and Ngozi Ekeoma and their companies, or answering questions to a 35-count charge that touches on conspiracy to obtain by false pretense, attempt to obtain property by false pretense, conspiracy to forge documents, forgery and uttering a false document.Specifically, the anti-graft agency accused the defendants of conspiring among themselves to obtain a sum to the tune of N324, 780,567.53 by false pretense from the Federal Government of Nigeria as subsidy payment for the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS.Part of the. Charge reads: “Anosyke Group of Companies Limited, Ifeanyi Anosike, Dell Energy Limited, Emeka Chukwu, Ngozi Ekeoma between 11th March, 2011 and 20th January, 2012 within the Jurisdiction of this honourable court conspired to commit an offence to wit: obtaining the sum of N324,780,567.53 by false pretence from Federal Government of Nigeria purporting the said sum to be subsidy payment under the petroleum support fund for the purported importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from Europe to Nigeria through Mercuria Trading N.V.”However, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.Trial in the matter has been adjourned till March 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, and 16, 2016.

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