Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Defendants Lose Bid to Frustrate $10,000 Fraud Trial in Kwara

Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court, Ilorin on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, struck out the objection against the admissibility of the statements tendered by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a $10,000 fraud trial of an Ilorin-based businessman, Chukudubem Ezenwa and one Adeleke Damilola. Ezenwa and Damilola are being prosecuted on a five-count charge bordering on cybercrime, retention of proceeds of crime and fraud to the tune of $10,000USD. They were first arraigned on September 23, 2021 before Justice Muhammed Sani of the same court,