Two suspected fraudsters operating in the commercial capital of Nigeria, Lagos State have been charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
One of the arraigned suspects
The EFCC, Lagos zonal office, on Monday, October 9, 2017, arraigned the duo of Ogbor Elliot, Managing Director, Danium Energy Services Limited, and Godwin Okoronkwo, Managing Director,
Petrosol Energy Limited, before Justice O. Oguntoyinbo of the Federal
High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a 10-count charge bordering on
obtaining under false pretense, conspiracy and forgery to the tune of
N7, 300,000,000(Seven Billion, Three Million Naira).
It was gathered that the duo allegedly used forged Purchase Orders
to hoodwink a new generation bank into granting them credit facility to
finance the sale of Automotive Gas Oil valued at several billions of
Naira to a major oil marketing company.
The suspects, who are members of a syndicate of fraudsters, were arrested following a complaint by an employee of the bank.
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