Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

EFCC Re-Arraigns Three for Visa Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on January 22, 2019 re-arraigned Adeshina Taoheed Aderemi, Adekoya Abosede, and Ishola Abiodun Kazeem before Justice A. Olajide of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on an amended nine-count charge bordering on forgery, uttering and obtaining money by false pretence. The defendants were earlier arraigned on August 30, 2018 before Justice R.B. Akintola of the state’s High Court on a seven-count charge bordering on forgery, uttering and obtaining money by false pretence. One of the counts reads: “That yo…