EFCC Arraigns Two For Defrauding 15 Home-Seekers In A N34m Property Scam

EFCC Arraigns Two For Defrauding 15 Home-Seekers In A N34m Property Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned
Aminat Musa, Chief Executive Officer, Rabahaska International Company
Limited, and Adekoyejo Gbadebo, Director, El-Gafok Investment Nigeria
Limited for defrauding 15 home-seekers in a N34 million property scam.

Musa and Gbadebo were brought before Justice M.A. Nasir of a Federal
Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Jabi, on February 19, 2019 and are
facing a 17-count charge bordering on advance fee fraud and forgery.

A statement from the agency says they are alleged to have at various
times in 2017 collected various sums of money from their victims,
amounting to N34,175,350 in the guise that they were building an estate
to be known as Munauwara Estate/Rabahaska International Co, and had
allocated houses to them.

They also allegedly forged certain documents captioned, Ministry for
Federal Capital Territory, El-Gafok Investment Nigeria Limited, Plot No
ED2045, Sabon Lugbe East Extension Layout dated 20/5/2002.

One of the counts reads in part: “That you, Aminat Musa
(CEO, Rabahaska international Company Limited and Prince Adekoyejo
Gbadebo (Director, El-Gafok), sometime in 2017, in Abuja within the
jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud obtained
the aggregate sum of N8,500,000 only from Abubakar Sadiq Barka under the
false pretence that you were capable of building an estate to be known
as Munauwara Estate/Rabahaska Intl Co wherefrom building was allocated
to him, which you knew to be false”.

Another count reads: “That you, Aminat Ibrahim Musa (CEO,
Rabahaska International Company Limited) and Prince Adekoyejo Gbadebo
(Director, El-Gafok) sometimes in 2017 in Abuja within the Jurisdiction
of this honourable court, with intend to defraud obtained the aggregate
sum of N2,365,600 only from Musa Giwa Yusuf under the pretence that you
were capable of building an estate to be known as Munauwara estate/
Rabahaska international company wherefrom building was allocated to him
which you knew to be false”.

They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges.

Counsel for the first and second defendants, Maman Mayaki and Ify
Ofou, thereafter, moved the bail application for their clients, which
was dated February 11, 2019.

Responding, counsel for the EFCC, Ayo Fadahunsi, opposed the bail
application for Aminat, and urged the Court to “resolve all the issues
raised in the prosecution’s counter-affidavit”.

“My lord, the first defendant jumped the administrative
bail earlier granted to her by the Commission,” he said, further urging
the court to “dismiss the application for bail and grant accelerated
hearing of the case”.

Fadahunsi, however, did not oppose the bail application for Gbadebo.

After listening to all the arguments, Justice Nasir granted them bail
in the sum of N10 million with two sureties in like sum, one of whom
must be a civil servant of not less than Grade Level 10, while the other
must be a resident of Abuja.
They are to be remanded in prison, pending the perfection of their bail conditions.

The case has been adjourned to April 1, 2019 for “commencement of trial”.