Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos has adjourned to 29 November, 2024 the hearing of the bail application for the defendants in CHARGE NO. FHC/L/779°/2024 between the INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE (COMPLAINANT) and five others: ABUBAKA SALLAH MUHAMMED, ABBAS ADAMU, BILKISU ADESHINA, OLALEKAN KOREDE and a company, SMASTCH SOLUTIONS AND AGR.
In a three count amended charge dated 18 October 2024 and filed by Justine I. Enang of Legal Section, Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos, the five defendants were alleged to have obtained N50 million from one Yusuf Mahmood, managing director of Karamchi Travels & Tours LTD in August 2024 under false pretenses of supplying him 90,000 litres of AGO (Diesel), an offence punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, No. 14 of 2006.
The charges read:
COUNT 1:
That you Abubaka Sallah Muhammed ‘m’, Abbas Adamu ‘m’, Bilkisu Adeshina ‘f’, Olalekan Korede ‘m’, Smastch Solutions and AGR and others now at large sometimes in the month of August 2024 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of the Lagos Judicial Division of the Federal High Court,with intent to defraud did conspire to commit felony to wit: obtaining money by false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8(i) (a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, No. 14 of 2006.
COUNT 2:
That you Abubaka Sallah Muhammed ‘m’, Abbas Adamu ‘m’, Bilkisu Adeshina ‘f’, Olalekan Korede ‘m’, Smastch Solutions and AGR and others now at large sometimes in the month of August 2024 in Lagos, within the aforementioned judicial Division of the Federal High Court, with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of N50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million Naira) from one Yunusa Mahmood,Managing Director of Karamchi Travel & Tours Ltd by falsely representing yourselves that you were a reliable businessmen which Yunusa Mahmood ‘m’ the Managing Director of Karamchi Travel &Tours Ltd could trust and do business with and you were ready,prepared and had the means to supply 90,000 litres of AGO Diesel product to his Company upon the payment of the agreed sum of N50,000,000.00through your company account number 5404192597 domiciled with Providus Bank, which representations you knew to be false or did not believe to be true or which you made recklessly and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(i) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related offences Act No. 14 of 2006 and Punishable Under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
COUNT 3:
That you Abubaka Sallah Muhammed ‘m’, Abbas Adamu ‘m’, Bilkisu Adeshina ‘f’, Olalekan Korede ‘m’, Smastch Solutions and AGR sometimes in the month of August 2024 in Lagos, within the aforementioned judicial Division of the Federal High Court, did convert to your own use and benefit the sum of N50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million Naira)property of Yunusa Mahmood, the Managing Director of Karamchi Travel & Tours Ltd which sum you knew or reasonably ought to have known was the proceed of an unlawful act, to wit: obtaining the sum of N50,000,000.00 by false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 15(2)(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition Act, 2011) as Amended in 2012.
