Abuja - A bogus soldier has been arraigned at the Federal High Court in
Benin, Edo State on an eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy,
impersonation and obtaining money under false pretence.
According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Emmanuel Sunday paraded himself as a serving military officer of the rank of Captain and allegedly obtained the sum of N2 million from one Endurance Igue purportedly to facilitate her enlistment into the Nigerian Army.
The alleged swindle happened last year.
One of the charges against the accused reads, “That you Emmanuel Sunday ( also known as Umoh Sunday and Inyang Samuel Chukwudi ) on or about May, 2013, at Benin within the Jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud did represent yourself to be a captain with the Nigerian Army and obtained the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Naira only(300,000.00) from one Igue Endurance, which said money you used part of it and paid the sum of Eighty Thousand Naira into your Diamond Bank Plc, account 0001857059, under the pretence that the said sum would be used to get Igue Endurance recruited into Nigerian Army, a pretext which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.”
High Court Judge Justice Ajoku adjourned the matter till April 8 for trial.
The accused will remain in custody.
– CAJ News
According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Emmanuel Sunday paraded himself as a serving military officer of the rank of Captain and allegedly obtained the sum of N2 million from one Endurance Igue purportedly to facilitate her enlistment into the Nigerian Army.
The alleged swindle happened last year.
One of the charges against the accused reads, “That you Emmanuel Sunday ( also known as Umoh Sunday and Inyang Samuel Chukwudi ) on or about May, 2013, at Benin within the Jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud did represent yourself to be a captain with the Nigerian Army and obtained the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Naira only(300,000.00) from one Igue Endurance, which said money you used part of it and paid the sum of Eighty Thousand Naira into your Diamond Bank Plc, account 0001857059, under the pretence that the said sum would be used to get Igue Endurance recruited into Nigerian Army, a pretext which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.”
High Court Judge Justice Ajoku adjourned the matter till April 8 for trial.
The accused will remain in custody.
– CAJ News
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