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EFCC Arraigns 51-year-old Consultant for N2.4m Visa Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office has arraigned one Bashirudeen Babalola before Justice W.O. Akanbi of the Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo on a five-count charge of obtaining under false pretence and issuance of dud cheque. Babalola’s arraignment was sequel to a petition the Commission received from a complainant in which it was alleged that sometimes in 2016 the petitioner approached the defendant who was a representative of Achievers Global Consult For Excellent Limited for the purpose of procuring for his (petitioner’s) cousin an admission into…