EFCC Press Release : EFCC Arraigns Suspected Land Racketeer for Fraud

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The 20161222173928 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 22, 2016 arraigned one Olajide Dele Oyegbami before Justice M. A. A. Abass of the High Court of Oyo State sitting in Ibadan, on one-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N2.5million.

Oyegbami is alleged to have sometime in 2015, collected the sum of N3.6million in two tranches from the petitioner ostensibly as payment for two plots of land situated at Ile-Tuntun, behind DSS Estate, off Elenusonso Road, Ido Local Government Area. After making payment, the petitioner realized that the land was in dispute and had been sold to another person. When he requested for his money, the defendant refunded N1.1million (One Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira) and refused to pay the balance.

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22-12-16