Alleged N2.1bn fraud: Court orders substituted service of charge on oil marketer
- An oil marketer would be served with a substituted order over a N2.1 billion fraud
- The order for the substituted service was made by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday, January 15
- According to the charge, the oil marketer was alleged to have forged a letter headed paper of Total Nigeria Ltd
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, January 15, ordered substituted service of a N2.1 billion criminal charge on an oil marketer, Chima Anyaso, and his company, Ceecon Energy Oil and Gas Ltd.
The defendant is standing trial over alleged forgery and fraud.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the prosecution in the charge marked FHC/L/332c/18, alleged that accused committed the offence on February 21, 2011.
The oil marketer was alleged to have forged a letter headed paper of Total Nigeria Ltd. captioned “offer to sale” dated February 21, 2011, with reference number AAC/CSO/OPS/.
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He falsely presented the letter to Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), to obtain a credit facility in the said sum for delivery of 15 metric tonnes of Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK).
In the charge, the accused was also alleged to have on February 22, 2011, forged another letter headed paper of Total Nigeria Ltd. which he presented to GTB for the payment of N2.1 billion, for the supply of 15 metric tonnes of ATK.
In the charge, the accused was also alleged to have on Feb. 22, 2011, forged another letter headed paper of Total Nigeria Ltd. which he presented to GTB for the payment of N2.1 billion, for the supply of 15 metric tonnes of ATK.
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He, therefore, urged the court for an order of substituted service of the charge by way of pasting same at the last known address of the accused.
The prosecution alleged that the defendant fraudulently obtained the said sum as credit facility.
The offences contravene the provisions of sections 1(1) (a) and 2(1) (c) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Related offences, Cap. A 6 Laws of the Federation of 2004.
Justice Ayokunle Faji, while adjourning the matter until January 30, for report of service, ordered that the charge be pasted at the last known address of the oil marketer and his company.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Monday, November 3, 2018, arraigned two oil marketers, Yusuf Kwande and Osahon Asemota before the Ikeja special offences court for allegedly stealing 8.4 million metrics tonnes of automated gas oil worth $8.4 million.
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The duo - Kwande and Asemota - were arraigned alongside an international oil and gas company, Trafigura Beheer BV. Other companies involved are Trafigura PTE ltd, Mettle Energy and Gas, Renbrandt ltd and Jil Engineering and Oil Services Limited.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to the three counts of conspiracy, stealing and receiving stolen property proffered against them by the EFCC.
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