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Tuesday 19 May 2015

Photo: EFCC Arraigns Couple for N7million Land Scam

Read the EFCC press statement below...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 18, 2015 arraigned one Opara Edmund and his wife, Amarachi Opara before Justice O.O Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court Owerri, Imo State on a 2-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. The accused persons were alleged to have collected money from one Okechukwu Ogbonna to the tune of Seven Million Naira (N7, 000,000.00) for a phony land deal situated at Federal Low Cost Housing Estate 11 Umuguma New Owerri.
It was further revealed that the said land which was sold to Ogbonna does not belong to the couple. Count one reads, “that you Opara Edmund Acho and Opara Amarachi on or about the 9th March, 2012 at Owerri within Owerri Judicial Division conspired between yourselves to commit an offence to wit: obtaining money by false pretence from one Okechukwu Ogbonna and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8(a) and punishable Under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offence Act 2006 “.

The second count reads, “ that you Opara Edmund Acho and Opara Amarachi on or about the 9th March, 2012 at Owerri within Owerri Judicial Division with intent to defraud, induced and obtained the sum of N7,000,000.00 (Seven Million Naira ) from one Okechukwu Ogbonna under the false pretence of selling part of a plot of land/property situated at Federal Low Cost Housing Estate Site 11 Umuguma, New Owerri which do not belong to you, the pretext which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(b) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006”.

In view of their plea, the prosecution counsel, Ifeanyi Agwu applied for a date for the commencement of trial but the defence counsel, Umunna Nwaorgu orally presented a bail application and urged the court to admit his clients to bail. The matter was adjourned to 22nd May, 2015 for hearing of the bail application while the accused person are remanded in prison custody.

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49 comments:

  1. They should visit Benin, too many dubious land sellers there. Lindaobserve

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    1. Of late EFCC has not caught or arrested any politicians dat stole our money frm d national treasure its only d small fish they go after.

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    2. Biko let them park well.

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  2. OMG! C FAMILY BUSINESS...TOMJERRYSWIT

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  3. First to comment? :D

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  4. Igbo people always in the news for theft....

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    1. Frigging bigot like you! Na only Igbo dey commit crime for naija bah?

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  5. Wow! This couple want to hammer.


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  6. Deres love in fraudulent business too. Lol

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  7. They hav come again. EFCC wit their small fish mean while we hav d big fish walking as free men, and women.

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  8. The way most couple (s) agree to committing one crime togeda baffles me.....who coaches who? Nawaaooh! Make una de fear God oh

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  9. Efcc chase bigger fishes that steal billions.

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  10. A FAMILY THAT STEALS TOGETHER, GETS LOCKED UP TOGETHER.

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  11. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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    They should catch a politian already nw...
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  12. Beautiful couple

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  13. Kilode eyin ara bi yi???!!!!! why is it u folks everywhere lately?! se won fi owo sepe fun yin ni????? oga ooooo!!!!

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  14. See d woman's face sef,thiefinology is written all ova it..



    *LIB's Namesake*

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  15. The hustle is real..
    Hmm...

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  16. EFCC should also go after corrupt politicians.

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  17. So teaming up to sale a land that doesn't belong to them is the cheap way of getting rich now? Wonders without end

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  18. Not only young people are fraudster, if a mature couple like this can engage in such act. I wonder what they expect we younger ones to do! #shame

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  19. Should this couple be arraigned? Yes. Should the EFCC be wasting the enormous power and resources at its disposal chasing such shadows? NO! The EFCC has become that absurd man in the folklore who is carrying the carcass of a whole elephant on his head, but goes burrowing in the many holes on his way for crickets. Absurd.

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  20. This land thing happens a lot

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  21. Let the law take its full course...post a free classified advert

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  22. hehehehehehe she looks like Nnenna Ukeje. hehehehehehe

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    1. Lol.you know nnenna ukejr from owerri?cos i know her

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  23. When two of dem go jail, who go take care of their children??? Linda take note!

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  24. una 2 full fledged fathers

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  25. the woman's look though!!!!!

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  26. Where is the individual right of the acused untill they are proven guilty ,the law allow them right to privacy.even going to jail they have right to refuse photo pose.must they advertize thier work before proven the case beyound reasonable doubt .nigeria system is full over zealousness.

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  27. These old people, did they really do it?

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  28. Abeg make EFCC park well joor
    Dem no dey work,period
    Using useless cases 2 shine
    After all na dem dey collect big fish bribe die...
    Mtcheeeew
    #oneandonlynwa@gmail.com#

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  29. Linda, kindly exercise cautions posting thiskind of news especially oneswith Igbo looking names. it bothers me much. thanks

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  30. Thieves see dem face especially De woman

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  31. ah han linda, you have just dabarud this couple's life. not fair.

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