The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, August 11, 2022, arraigned one Peter Ennemakwu Agbenyo before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court on a one charge of cheating to the tune of One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira (N1, 800,000.00).

The charge reads: "That you, Peter Ennemakwu Agbenyo, sometime in March, 2020 in Maiduguri, Borno State within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced Okwor Nkemakonam Paul to deliver to you the sum of N1,800,000.00 (One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) via your account number 2138971646 domiciled with UBA Plc under the guise that the said amount represent payment for a purchase of Toyota Corolla 2010 which you are yet to deliver and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320 (a) and Punishable under Section 322 of the Penal Code Cap 102 Laws of Borno State. "

The defendant pleaded not ‘guilty’ to the charge preferred against him by the EFCC.

Upon his plea, counsel for the prosecution, Haruna Abdulkadir, asked the remand of the defendant at the Custodial Centre and a date for trial to commence.

Justice Kumaliya remanded the defendant in prison custody and adjourned till 26th and 29th September, 2022 for commencement of trial.

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11 August, 2022