The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
has arraigned Oguibe Promise Nkwachukwu, an accountant with Travelstar Web
Logistics Limited, and his company, Wifamapp Royalty Global Limited, over the
alleged theft of ?200 million belonging to his employer.
The EFCC disclosed this in a statement on its official
X page on Monday, noting that Nkwachukwu was arraigned before Justice R.A.
Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on a 13-count charge bordering on
stealing.
According to the anti-graft agency, the offence was
committed while Nkwachukwu served as an accountant at Travelstar Web Logistics
Limited.
One of the counts reads:
“That you, Oguibe Promise Nkwachukwu, being the alter
ego of Wifamapp Royalty Global Limited, sometime in March 2020 within the
jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly converted to your own use
the sum of $36,000, property of Travelstar Web Logistics Limited, entrusted to
you as an accountant, thereby committing an offence contrary to Sections
280(1)(b), (2)(f), and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
Another count accuses him of converting $156,000
belonging to the company between January and July 2018.
Defendant Pleads Not Guilty
Upon the reading of the charges, Nkwachukwu pleaded
not guilty to all 13 counts.
Prosecution counsel, A.A. Usman, subsequently applied
for a trial date and requested that the defendant be remanded in a correctional
facility pending trial.
However, defence counsel, Kelvin C. Uzozie, informed
the court that a bail application had been filed and prayed that his client
remain in EFCC custody instead.
Justice Oshodi adjourned the matter to October 17,
2025, for hearing on the bail application and ordered that the defendant be
remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos.
Background
This development comes months after the EFCC arraigned
another accountant, Samson Davies, and his firm, Signature Advisory Limited,
for allegedly stealing ?190.7 million from Ronchess Global Resources
Plc.
In a previous report, the EFCC revealed that it
recovered ?364.5 billion, $326.5 million, and other foreign
currencies and assets within one fiscal year, securing 4,111 convictions
across various courts.
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