Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Fraudster Lands in Prison

Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, the state capital on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 ordered 41-year-old Hammed Folorunsho Lanre, a civil engineer to be remanded in Mandala Prison, Ilorin. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office is prosecuting Lanre on a two-count charge, bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and impersonation. Justice Abdulgafar gave the order following an oral application by the prosecuting counsel, Andrew Akoja, who urged the court to remand the defendant in prison since his bail application h…