A 60-year-old man, Vincent Odionu was on
Monday September 29, 2014, arraigned
before Justice M.A. Onyetenu of the Federal
High Court, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, by the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on a 2-count charge
that borders on stealing, forgery and
impersonation
The accused person who is an agent to a
brokerage firm, Lion Stockbrokers Limited,
allegedly conspired with others to sell the
shares of Onwubu Gibson Anake
( deceased) in several blue chip companies
( RT Briscoe, CFAO, Cement Company of
Northern Nigeria, First Bank, Oando,
Nigerian Breweries, etc) without
authorisation. The total value of the shares
sold by the accused is put at Thirty Seven
Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Five
Thousand Naira only.
One of the counts in the charge reads,” That you
Vincent Odionu sometime in March 2008 in
Abakaliki, Ebony State within the jurisdiction of
the Federal High Court of Nigeria with intent to
defraud obtained the sum of N1,268,000,00 (One
Million Two Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand
Naira only) by means of fraudulent encashment
of GTBank Cheque belonging to Onwubu Gibson
Anake issued by lion Stockbrokers Limited when
you falsely represented yourself at Fidelity Bank
as Onwubu Gibson Anake, which pretence you
knew to be false and you thereby committed an
offence contrary to section 1 (1)(a) of the
Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related
Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under section
1 (3) of the same Act”.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The matter was adjourned to October 22, 2014
for consideration of bail application.
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