The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday November 16, 2012, arraigned the duo of Joko Agoro Bias and Tunde Oladunmoye Jamiu on a 4 count charge bordering on intent to defraud, forgery and uttering to the tune of US $15, 340.00 (Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred and Forty United States Dollars) before Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja.

One of the charges reads: "Joko Agoro Bais and Tunde Oladunmoye Jamiu between February 2012 and March, 2012 at Lagos within the Ikeja judiciary Division with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of $15, 340.00 (Fifteen thousand three hundred and forty United States Dollars) from Mr. Shola Olaseinde by falsely pretending to Mr. Shola Olaseinde that the money was the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN) membership fee which pretence you knew to be false".

When the charges were read to the accused persons, they pleaded not guilty.
Counsel to the EFCC, Kayode Oni prayed the court to remanded the accused in prison custody and fix a date for the commencement of trial. Counsel to the accused persons said he had already filed an application for bail and prayed the court to consider his application.

Justice Okunnu has fixed 3 December, 2012 for hearing of the application; 5 and 6 February, 2013 for trial. She also ordered the accused persons to be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison.

Wilson Uwujaren
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
16th November, 2012