Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Man Remanded in Prison Over Alleged N30m Internet Fraud

Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has ordered that one Onifade Gideon Idowu be remanded in prison pending when a case of alleged fraud filed against him is decided. The accused was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, on a five-count charge bordering on forgery, fake representation, obtaining money under false pretence and internet-related offences. He was said to have explored the internet, through series of fake representations, to illegally receive over N3…