Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

N7.3bn Fraud: Court Admits Evidence Against Accused Who ‘Fainted’ During Trial

Justice O. Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, today admitted in evidence five documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against a suspected oil fraudster, Ogbor Elliot, Managing Director, Danium Energy Services Limited, who ‘passed out’ twice inside the accused box. Eliot is standing trial alongside Godwin Okoronkwo, Managing Director, Petrosol Energy Limited, for a 10-count charge bordering on obtaining under false pretense, conspiracy and forgery to the tune of N7, 300,000,000(Seven Billion, Three Million Naira). The suspects, who a…