Six Months After, EFCC Re-Arraigns Taoheed Aderemi, Adekoya Abosede, And Ishola Kazee For Visa Scam In Ibadan

Six Months After, EFCC Re-Arraigns Taoheed Aderemi, Adekoya Abosede, And Ishola Kazee For Visa Scam In Ibadan

The Ibadan zonal office of EFCC on January 22, 2019 re-arraigned
Adeshina Taoheed Aderemi, Adekoya Abosede, and Ishola Abiodun Kazeem
before Justice A. Olajide of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in
Iyaganku, Ibadan, on an amended nine-count charge bordering on forgery,
uttering and obtaining money by false pretence.

The defendants were earlier arraigned on August 30, 2018 before
Justice R.B. Akintola of the state’s High Court on a seven-count charge
bordering on forgery, uttering and obtaining money by false pretence.

One of the counts reads: “That you, Adeshina Taoheed Aderemi, Adekoya
Abosede, Ishola Abiodun Kazeem and Odejobi Yussuf Olatunji (at large)
sometimes in 2018 at Ibadan within the Ibadan Judicial Division with
intent to defraud, obtained N250, 000 from Adesina Idowu falsely
pretending that it was the cost price of Canadian Visa you have secured
for him and thereby committed an offence”.

They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges. Prosecuting counsel, A.I. Suleman, thereafter, applied for a trial date.

However, the defence counsel, Samuel C. Uzoelu, prayed the court to
allow the second and third defendants continue on the earlier bail
granted them by Justice Akintola, and told the court that he had filed a
bail application for the first defendant, which was yet to be served on
the prosecution.

Justice Olajide granted the second and third defendants bail on the
same conditions earlier granted them on August 30, 2018, but ordered
that the first defendant should be remanded in Agodi Prison, pending the
hearing of his application. The case has been adjourned to March 7,
2019 for “trial and hearing of the first defendant’s bail application”.