Four phones recovered from fraudster’s Kirikiri cell —EFCC Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday at a Lagos High Court alleged that four mobile phones were recovered from the cell occupied by a convicted fraudster, Ikechukwu Ogbu, at Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos. Ogbu, who is currently serving a 15-year jail term at the prison, is standing trial for allegedly swindling a bank manager, Mr. Pat Enechukwu, of N12.3m from the prison custody in May 2009. Enechukwu was a branch manager with one of the first generation banks in Abuja. At the ongoing trial of the convict on Tuesday, EFCC’s investigator, Mr. Daniel Danladi, told Justice Lateefat Okunnu of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, that he visited the prison after the fraud was reported by the complainant. Danladi said, “The prison officials conducted a search in the cell occupied by the first defendant (Ogbu) and two other inmates and four mobile phones were recovered. “Analysis were conducted on the phones by the forensic unit of the EFCC.” The prosecuting counsel, Mr. Kayode Oni, who led the witness in evidence tendered the four mobile phones and Ogbu’s statements to the EFCC as Exhibits P8 to P13. Ogbu, who had earlier been convicted of fraud in 2008, is standing the fresh trial alongside John Chinonso,and Chuks Ibebagwu, into whose accounts the proceeds of the alleged crime were paid. Earlier on March 21, 2013, a witness, Emike Ukhuedobah, had narrated how Ogbu had used her to defraud, Enechukwu, who happened to be husband to one of her aunts.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 08:40:42 +0000
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