On Thursday, a woman named Florence Onojame was brought before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos Special Offences Court in Ikeja. Onojame and her company Emee Oil & Gas Nigeria Limited were charged with conspiracy and fraud.
The prosecution counsel for the EFCC, Fatai Mohammed, informed the court that Onojame supposedly worked with others to defraud Access Bank Plc of N4,380,100,000.
The anti-graft agency claimed that she fraudulently moved the money through Primusplus, an electronic banking platform of Access Bank, and then transferred the sum to other accounts held by the bank. According to Fatai Mohammed, Onojame and her accomplices are currently at large.
According to reports, the EFCC accused the defendant of committing a crime in February 2022 with four others, including Chris Nnaji, Captain Robert Aboh, Emenike Vincent Ebulu, and Nuhu Amanabo, who are currently at large.
It is alleged that the defendant violated sections 409, 278, and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Despite the accusations, the defendant has pleaded not guilty to all three counts. In response to the prosecution’s request, Justice Dada has ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre until the bail hearing on October 10th.