The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 4, 2022, arraigned the duo of Edmund Jawu and Koudedo Soliou before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on three counts bordering on an alleged N46,670,945.45 fraud.
One of the counts reads: “Edmund Jawu and Koudedo Soliou on the 5th of November 2021 in Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division conspired amongst yourselves to dishonestly take the sum of N32,000,000 property of Agueh Vinom Jeremi.”
Another count reads: “Edmund Jawu and Koudedo Soliou sometime on the 5th of November 2021 in Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division gave information that Jerimi Agueh and Ayodeji Oladehinde defrauded you of your Bet9ja betting slip with code B936TTQTWCCCR worth N46,670,945.45 which information you know to be false, to the Officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.”
They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges.
The defendants were supposed to have been arraigned on February 4, 2022 but they claimed that they did not understand English or Yoruba languages except the Egun language, thus causing a delay in their arraignment. The prosecution was however, able to get a translator for today’s trial.
Following their plea, the prosecuting counsel, Kufre Uduak, prayed the Court for a trial date and for the defendants to be remanded at a correctional facility.
The defence however, informed the Court that it intended to file an application for the bail of the defendants.
Thereafter, Justice Abike-Fadipe adjourned till May 31, 2022 and ordered that the defendants be remanded in EFCC custody pending hearing of bail application.
