Men of Special Fraud Unit, SFU,of Nigeria Police Force, has charged a lady and three men before Lagos Federal High Court,for allegedly swindled one Felix Uyanna a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, to the sum of 1.8 million, through e-mail scam.
The four accused persons, who were charged before Justice Muhammed Yunusa led-court, were arraigned on a three count-charge bordering of cybercrime.
The SFU had alleged in a charge dated October 2, 2015, and marked FHC/L/402c/2015, filed before the court by the prosecutor, Mr. Effiong Asuquo, a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, had between the month of April and May, 2015, hacked into the e-mail account of one Adebayo Orefuwa, and used the name to fraudulently obtained the sum of N1.8 million from the retired AIG.
The offences according to CSP Asuquo, a contrary to sections 27(1)(b): 22(2)(a),(b)(i)(ii)(iii) and 14(2) of the cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention etc)Act 2015, and punishable under section 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same law.
The four accused persoms pleaded not guilty to the count charges.
Upon the accused persons not guilty plea, the prosecutor, CSP Asuquo, urged the court to order their remand in prisons custody pending trial.
But the lawyer to the accused persons, Mr. Ben Ebechina, in opposition to the prosecutor's remand application, urged the court to admit them to bail in the most liberal term. Alternatively, he urged the to remand the accused persons in SFU's custody.
However, the presiding judge, Justice Yususa, ordered that the accused persons be remanded in prisons custody, pending the time their bail applications will be heard.
The matter has been adjourned till October 19, for hearing of accused persons' bail applications.
The four accused persons, who were charged before Justice Muhammed Yunusa led-court, were arraigned on a three count-charge bordering of cybercrime.
The SFU had alleged in a charge dated October 2, 2015, and marked FHC/L/402c/2015, filed before the court by the prosecutor, Mr. Effiong Asuquo, a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, had between the month of April and May, 2015, hacked into the e-mail account of one Adebayo Orefuwa, and used the name to fraudulently obtained the sum of N1.8 million from the retired AIG.
The offences according to CSP Asuquo, a contrary to sections 27(1)(b): 22(2)(a),(b)(i)(ii)(iii) and 14(2) of the cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention etc)Act 2015, and punishable under section 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same law.
The four accused persoms pleaded not guilty to the count charges.
Upon the accused persons not guilty plea, the prosecutor, CSP Asuquo, urged the court to order their remand in prisons custody pending trial.
But the lawyer to the accused persons, Mr. Ben Ebechina, in opposition to the prosecutor's remand application, urged the court to admit them to bail in the most liberal term. Alternatively, he urged the to remand the accused persons in SFU's custody.
However, the presiding judge, Justice Yususa, ordered that the accused persons be remanded in prisons custody, pending the time their bail applications will be heard.
The matter has been adjourned till October 19, for hearing of accused persons' bail applications.
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