The {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC), Wednesday arraigned two businessmen, Abdullahi Adamu Musa and Abdullahi Isah, over alleged N42 million fraud.
The defendants had been arraigned earlier than Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Particular Offences Courtroom sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on a two-count cost bordering on conspiracy to commit felony and stealing in violation of Sections 284 and 285 of the Legal Legislation of Lagos state, 2011.
The prosecution mentioned the suspects, alongside others nonetheless at massive, allegedly conspired in October 2024 to defraud one Ismail Rabiu. They had been additionally accused of dishonestly changing N42,000,000 belonging to the sufferer for private use.
The primary depend reads: That Abdullahi Adamu Musa, buying and selling beneath the identify ANFIM & Aluminium Enterprise, Abdullahi Isah, and others at massive throughout the jurisdiction of this Honourable Courtroom conspired to steal cash from Ismail Rabiu.
One other depend reads: That Abdullahi Adamu Musa, buying and selling beneath the identify ANFIM and Aluminium Enterprise, Abdullahi Isah and others now at massive throughout the jurisdiction of this Honourable Courtroom ,unlawfully transformed the sum of N42 million, property of Ismail Rabiu, on your personal use.
Each defendants pleaded not responsible to the fees.
Following their plea, prosecution counsel, M.Okay. Bashir, requested the court docket for a trial date and requested remand of the defendants in a correctional facility pending trial.
In response, defence counsel Okay.Okay. Williams and Bakare knowledgeable the court docket that bail functions had been filed and appealed for the defendants to be granted bail on liberal phrases.
Justice Abike-Fadipe, ordered that the defendants be remanded in a correctional facility and adjourned the case till April 14, 2026, for listening to.