Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned an alleged fake Army General, Bolarinwa Oluwasegun Abiodun, before a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja.
Abiodun was arraigned on a 13-count charge, bordering on forgery, falsely represented himself as a General in the Nigerian Army, and obtained the sum of N266,500,000 from Kodef Clearing Resources Limited.
The Anti-graft agency alleged that the Defendant carried out the acts under the pretence that the sum represented part of the amount expended to press and process his appointment by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, as the Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian Army.
The EFCC, in a statement, said the offences are contrary to Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act 2006; Section 363 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and Section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act No 14 of 2006, respectively.
After listening to their submissions, Justice Taiwo ordered that the Defendant be remanded in Nigerian Correctional Services and Adjourned hearing till April 14, 2022.
