EFCC Ibadan office on Monday, June 25, 2018 arraigned one Taofeek Oyegoke (A.K.A. Orija Oluomo Aremu) before Justice A. N. Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, on a one count charge of obtaining money under false pretence. The offence is contrary to Section 1 (2) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.
Taofeek was arraigned following a petition to the Commission alleging that sometime in May, 2017, he approached the complainant (name withheld) and informed him that he has 5 plots of land to sell and that he inherited it from his father. They both agreed for 4 plots of land and to pay N400, 000.00(Four Hundred Thousand Naira) only for each making a total of N1,600,000.00 (One Million, Six Hundred Thousand Naira) only.
After payment was made to the defendant, the defendant allegedly became evasive when the petitioner requested for the Land Sale Agreement. It was at that point that he discovered it was a fraud and all efforts made to get his money back seemed abortive.