Ex-council Boss Arraigned For Attempting To Bribe His Way Back To Office

An Umuahia Chief Magistrate’s Court has
remanded Chief Appolos Alozie, a former
transition committee chairman of Aba North
Council in prison, for allegedly offering
bribe to influence his re-appointment as
the council boss. Remanded in prison custody alongside
Alozie for the alleged offence, were other
persons said to be members of the
syndicate that defrauded him. They were being tried for alleged case of
advance fee fraud, otherwise known as 419. Sacked last year by Governor Theodore Orji
after about one month in office as the
transition committee chairman of Aba
North, Alozie was arraigned for allegedly
offering N4.45 million to one Uche Stanley
and his group, who were said to have claimed that they would influence Governor
Orji to re-appoint him as council chairman. Members of the said syndicate include
Uche Ogbusuo, 35; Henry Madubuike, 37;
Joseph Imo Kalu, 36 and one Agwu Ukariwo,
now at large. The court ordered that they be remanded at
the Federal Prison Afara Umuahia till
October 28 and November 4, for Alozie and
the suspects accused for advance fee
fraud, respectively.

Ex-council Boss Arraigned For Attempting To Bribe His Way Back To Office

An Umuahia Chief Magistrate’s Court has
remanded Chief Appolos Alozie, a former
transition committee chairman of Aba North
Council in prison, for allegedly offering
bribe to influence his re-appointment as
the council boss. Remanded in prison custody alongside
Alozie for the alleged offence, were other
persons said to be members of the
syndicate that defrauded him. They were being tried for alleged case of
advance fee fraud, otherwise known as 419. Sacked last year by Governor Theodore Orji
after about one month in office as the
transition committee chairman of Aba
North, Alozie was arraigned for allegedly
offering N4.45 million to one Uche Stanley
and his group, who were said to have claimed that they would influence Governor
Orji to re-appoint him as council chairman. Members of the said syndicate include
Uche Ogbusuo, 35; Henry Madubuike, 37;
Joseph Imo Kalu, 36 and one Agwu Ukariwo,
now at large. The court ordered that they be remanded at
the Federal Prison Afara Umuahia till
October 28 and November 4, for Alozie and
the suspects accused for advance fee
fraud, respectively.

Ex-council Boss Arraigned For Attempting To Bribe His Way Back To Office

An Umuahia Chief Magistrate’s Court has
remanded Chief Appolos Alozie, a former
transition committee chairman of Aba North
Council in prison, for allegedly offering
bribe to influence his re-appointment as
the council boss. Remanded in prison custody alongside
Alozie for the alleged offence, were other
persons said to be members of the
syndicate that defrauded him. They were being tried for alleged case of
advance fee fraud, otherwise known as 419. Sacked last year by Governor Theodore Orji
after about one month in office as the
transition committee chairman of Aba
North, Alozie was arraigned for allegedly
offering N4.45 million to one Uche Stanley
and his group, who were said to have claimed that they would influence Governor
Orji to re-appoint him as council chairman. Members of the said syndicate include
Uche Ogbusuo, 35; Henry Madubuike, 37;
Joseph Imo Kalu, 36 and one Agwu Ukariwo,
now at large. The court ordered that they be remanded at
the Federal Prison Afara Umuahia till
October 28 and November 4, for Alozie and
the suspects accused for advance fee
fraud, respectively.

Two Fuel Subsidy Fraud Suspects Declared Wanted By The EFCC

Two oil subsidy suspects, Seun Ogunbambo and Habila Theck, have been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The two men are the Managing Director and General Manager, Operations, of Fargo Petroleum and Gas Limited, one of the numerous firms implicated in the 2011 multi-million naira subsidy scam.

The two men who had been standing trial for the alleged scam of close to N1 billion jumped bail, forcing the EFCC to raise the alarm about their whereabouts.

In a statement signed by the commission’s spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC said the two men were wanted in connection with a case of conspiracy, forgery and obtaining the sum of N976, 653,110.28 from the Petroleum Support Fund by false pretence, following their disappearance into thin air after being granted bail by a Lagos High Court, and that all efforts to trace them had failed.

“Light complexioned Ogunbambo speaks English and Yoruba, while Theck is fluent in English and Hausa.

“Ogunbambo’s last known address is 2 Olamiyuyan Crescent, Ikoyi, Lagos, while Theck’s is 89, Buck Field, Yaba, Lagos,” the commission said.

The two had last May claimed that their statements were obtained under duress and asked the court to quash all allegations made against them, as the EFCC violated their fundamental rights in the course of interrogation.

The renowned lawyer representing them, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), filed an application praying the court to quash some charges of fuel subsidy fraud instituted against Mr. Seun Ogunbambo.

In his application filed before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo, Agbokoba argued that the EFCC had violated his client’s right to Miranda rights.

According to him, by Miranda rights, a person arrested or detained, is entitled to have legal representation immediately on arrest and before making any statement, but Agbakoba said his client was denied such.