Operatives
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have brought a couple
before a court for allegedly defrauding a bank.
The husband and wife - Austin Mbonu and Nnenna Mbonu after they were caught
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal
office, on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, arraigned the duo of Austin
Mbonu and Nnenna Mbonu, a.k.a. Chika Mbonu, alongside their companies,
Global Steno Nigeria Limited and Nestins Global Links Limited, before
Justice O. A. Taiwo of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
They were arraigned on a 20-count charge bordering on conspiracy,
forgery and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of
N32,507,628.08 (Thirty-Two Million, Five Hundred and Seven Thousand, Six
Hundred and Twenty-Eight Naira, Eight Kobo).
One of the counts reads: “That you, Austin Mbonu, Nnenna Mbonu
(a.k.a. Chika Mbonu) and Nestins Global Links Limited, on or about the
30th day of June, 2017 at Lagos within the Lagos Judicial Division, with
intent to defraud, conspired to obtain the sum of N14, 145,686.95
(Fourteen Million, One Hundred and Forty-five Thousand, Six Hundred and
Eighty-Six Naira, Ninety-Five Kobo) from Fidelity Bank Plc as the cost
of facilitation of a Local Purchase Order, LPO, Contract from Chivita
Nigeria Limited.”
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against
them. In view of their pleas, prosecution counsel, Nkeruwem Anana, asked
for a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendants in prison
custody.
But, the defence counsel, Peter Ozodiale, moved an application for bail on behalf of his clients.
His words: “My Lord, the defendants have been in the EFCC
custody for some days. The second defendant, Nnenna Mbonu, is a nursing
mother; she has a four-month-old baby,” he said.
Justice Taiwo adjourned the case to February 2, 2018 for hearing of
the bail application and ordered the defendants to be remanded in the
EFCC custody.
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