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They both pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has arraigned a married couple, Mr. Augustine Ezeama and
Juliet Ezeama before Justice O. H. Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court
Ikeja on seven counts of conspiracy and obtaining money under false
pretences.
According to the EFCC, the couple had on
May 6, 2015, obtained $30,570 from a firm, CIFERCOM LLC under the
pretext that the money was for registration of CIFERCOM LLC as a company
in Nigeria preparatory to the award of an $8m contract to CIFERCOM LLC
by the Federal Government.
One of the charges read, “That you, on Augustine Ezeama, Juliet Ezeama and Mabrubeni Nigeria Limited, on or about the 6th
of May, 2015 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court
with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of $30,570 from CIFERCOM LLC
under the false pretences that the money was for registration of
CIFERCOM LLC as a company in Nigeria preparatory to the award of $8m
contract to CIFERCOM LLC by the Federal Government of Nigeria, which
representation you knew to be false.”
Justice Oshodi remanded the defendants
in EFCC custody and subsequently adjourned the matter till November 21,
2016 for bail application.
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