Breaking: Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Innoson Boss, Chukwuma
Justice Mojisola Dada this morning issued an arrest warrant against the Chairman of Innoson Group, Innocent Chukwuma for failing to appear before the court to face his trial.
Justice Dada ordered that Mr Chukwuma should be arrested an kept in custody a day before the next adjourn date, March 14, 2018.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a four-count charge of conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense, obtaining property by false pretense, stealing and forgery against the industrialist and his company.
The commission had also joined his brother, Charles Chukwuma as an accused persons in the charge, which was filed on November 30
According to the first count, the accused, between 2009 and 2011, conspired to obtain by false pretense containers of motorcycle spare parts and raw materials from Mistui OSK Limited, a company based in Apapa, Lagos.
According to the EFCC the alleged offense was contrary to Section 8 (a) and 13 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.
The items listed are said to be the property of Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank).
In the second count, the EFCC alleged that the accused bribed staff of Mistui OSK and Maersk Line Limited to deliver to them, through their clearing agents, containers of motorcycle spare parts, moulds of plastic parts, steel structures as well as raw materials called polyvinichlorid imported into Nigeria from China in the name of GT Bank as the consignee by pretending they had the authority of the bank to clear the items and took delivery of same.
The alleged offense, the EFCC said, is a contravention of sections 11 (1)(b) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act.
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