Tag Archives: land fraud

Justice T.G Ringim of Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State has sent one Chikere Felix Ibeawuchi to prison over land fraud worth over five million naira. Ibeawuchi was arraigned before the court by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC on one count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N5,500.000, (Five Million, Five ...

The State High Court, Ilorin, on Friday ordered the remand of a legal practitioner Akeem Jimoh, for alleged land fraud. The presiding Judge Mahmud Abdulgafar, gave the ruling when the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Sessan Ola, overruled the oral application for bail made by the defence counsel V. O Aluko. Abdulgafar ordered the defendant to be remanded in the custody of ...

A 40-year-old man, Abdul Ibrahim, yesterday appeared in a Karshi Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for alleged N840,000 land fraud. The defendant, who resides at Nyanya village, Abuja, is standing trial on a three-count charge of criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal misappropriation. The prosecutor, Mahmud Lawal, told the court that a written petition by the complainant, Eucharia Ogedengbe, ...

Land fraud- The federal government has made shocking discovery of fraudulent practices in the allocation of land in FCT. The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, SPIP, said it has uncovered fraudulent practices in land allocation in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The panel said the Federal Government has lost huge funds to land fraud practices ...

Land fraud: Three men, including two brothers, were yesterday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly forging a document and stealing N25million from a woman, Uzezi Obahor. Paul Obahor, 42, his brother, Isaiah, 32; and Sunday Okovwutu, 52, are standing trial on a four-count charge of conspiracy, stealing, forgery and failing to report felonies. Prosecuting Inspector Simeon Imhonwa told ...

The Nation reports that in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Chief Magistrates’ Court, has remanded a 31-year-old man, Lamidi Alaba, in prison custody for alleged N350,000 land fraud. Police prosecutor Caleb Leranmo told the court the accused committed the offence on June 23 at Ajebamidele in Ado-Ekiti. He alleged the accused obtained N350,000 from Falana John under the pretext of having a ...

According to Premium Times, a former footballer, John Fashanu, is reportedly involved in a multi-million-naira land fraud scandal; a development that has seen him spend two days in an Abuja Prison. Reports claim Fashanu was arrested at his home in Sun City Estate, in the Federal Capital Territory and taken into custody on suspicion of “criminal conspiracy.” As reported in ...