A Excessive Courtroom of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Tuesday remanded in Suleja prison, Niger State, the Venture Coordinator of the Northeast Growth Fee, Danjuma Mohammed and his affiliate, Prince Chibuike Echem over their alleged complicity in N5bn contract scams

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Justice Keziah Ogbonna, issued the remand order shortly after their arraignment on a 55 felony rely cost bordering on advance price fraud, forgery and award of faux contracts.

Amongst others, the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, which put them on trial alleged that Mohammed, Echem and one other individual, Aminu Alhaji stated to be at giant, after defrauding one Kenneth Ejiofor Ifekudu, a whopping sum of N2.2 billion between Could 2022 and February 2024, underneath the pretense of awarding him contracts from the Northeast Growth Fee.

Ifekudu, stated to be Managing Director of Diamond Leeds Ltd, was stated to have been made to half methods with the sum by means of a coordinated advance price fraud.

In one other rely, the duo have been stated to have between January and December 2023, obtained one other sum of N649.5 million from their sufferer utilizing the checking account of Prince Echem underneath the declare that they’ve capability to award to his firm contracts from the Multi-sectoral Disaster Tasks (MCRP), of the Northeast Growth Fee.

They have been additionally accused of gathering one other N573 million from the identical contractor by means of a Wema Checking account belonging to Echem on the identical floor.

Apart from, the EFCC additionally accused them of acquiring underneath false pretenses a sum of $480, 000 and $200, 000 between January to December 2022, underneath the guise of awarding him contracts.

The 2 defendants have been additionally accused of issuing pretend contract papers to their sufferer in the title of North East Developrment Fee and made him to half with numerous sums earlier than they have been arrested by operatives of the EFCC.

Nonetheless, the defendants pleaded not responsible to all the fees personally learn to them by the decide, prompting the EFCC’s lawyer, Mr Olarenwaju Adeola, to plead for a date for graduation of trial.

He knowledgeable the Courtroom that he has assembled seven witnesses to testify towards the defendants for the EFCC to determine the allegations.

Nonetheless, frantic efforts by lawyer to the 2 defendants, Mr Chukwuka Obidike, to argue their bail software have been rejected by Courtroom because of opposition by the EFCC.

The EFCC lawyer, whereas opposing the bail request instructed the decide that the anti-graft company was served with the bail software in the night of January 26 and that he solely noticed it in the courtroom on January 27.

Adeola insisted that bail software wàs not ripe for listening to as a result of he wanted to file a counter affidavit to legally object to the request.

In a quick ruling, Justice Ogbonna agreed with the EFCC’s counsel that the applying was not ripe for listening to, including that permitting it to be argued would quantity to denial of truthful listening to on the a part of the prosecution.

Consequently, the decide mounted March 25 to April 7, for the total trial of the defendants.

A part of the cost learn, Rely One; That you simply Alhajl Danjuma Mohammed being the Nationwide Coordinator of Multi-Sectoral Disaster Restoration Venture (MCRP) North East Growth Fee, Prince Chibuike Echem and Aminu Alhaji, (nonetheless at giant) between Could, 2022 and February, 2024 in Abuja, throughout the jurisdiction of the Excessive Courtroom of the Federal Capital Territory conspired amongst yourselves to do an unlawful act, to wit; acquiring by false pretences the cumulative sum of (N2, 280,000,000.00 )Tvwo Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty Million Naira from one Kenneth Ejiofor Ifekudu the Managing Director of Diamond Leeds Restricted and Diamond Leeds Restricted and thereby dedicated an offence opposite to Part 8(a) of the Advance Price Fraud and different Fraud Associated
Offences Act, 2006 and punishable underneath Part 1(3) of the identical Act.

Rely 2; That you simply Alhaji Danjuma Mohammed being the Nationwide Coordinator of Multi-Sectoral Disaster Recovey Venture Venture (MCRP North East Developrment Fee, Prince Chibuike Echem and Aminu Alhaji(nonetheless at giant) someday between 1st JanUary, 2023 and thirty first December 2023 in Abuja inside  the jurisdiction of this Honourable Courtroom did with intent to defraud, obtained the mixture sum of (N649,500,000.00) Six Hundred and Forty 9 Thousand Naira from one Kenneth Ejlofor lfekudu  of Dianond Leeds Checking account No 0735565731 of Prince Chibuike Echem underneath the the capability to award Contracts to Kenneth Ejofor Ifekudu’s Firms from the Multi-Sectoral Disaster Venture( MCRP) for the North East and the North East Restoration and Stability Program(NERSP) underneath the North East Growth Fee (NEDC) and execute stated contract which pretense you knew to be false and also you thereby dedicated an offence opposite to Part 1(1)(a) and Punishable underneath Part 1(3) of the Advance Price Fraud and Different Fraud Associated Offences Act 2006.