The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Echendu Ndubuisi Endy,
Managing Director of Echendu GPC Limited before Justice E . A . Obile of the
Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, for allegedly
defrauding his victims to the tune of N9,000,000 (Nine Million Naira
only) in the guise of procuring travel visas for them.
He was arraigned on three-count charges bordering on
visa scam and obtaining money under false pretence contrary to Section 1(1) a
& b of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and
punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act".
One of the count charge reads:
"That you, Echendu Ndubuisi Endy while being the
Managing Director of Echendu GPC Limited between 23rd day of April 2024 to 2rd
May 2024 in Port Harcourt, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,
with intent to defraud did obtain the total sum of (Four Million Naira)
N4,000,000.00 only from Mr Darlington Abuchi under the pretense that you had
the capacity to procure United Kingdom work permit visa to enable him work and
stay in United Kingdom which pretense you knew to be false and thereby committed
an offence contrary to Section 1(1) a & b of the Advance Fee Fraud and
Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section|1(3) of the
same Act"
Another count reads: "That you, Echendu
Ndubuisi Endy while being the Managing Director of Echendu GPC Limited between
16th day of August 2023 to 14th September 2023 in Port Harcourt, within the
jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud did obtain the
total sum of (Three Million Naira) N3,000,000.00 only from Mrs. Ngozi Nzechukwu
under the pretense that you had the capacity to procure United Kingdom work
permit visa to enable her work and stay in United Kingdom which pretense you
knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) a
& b of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act. 2006 and
punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act".
He pleaded "not guilty" to the charges when
they were read to him, following which prosecution counsel, K. A. Yunus, prayed
the court to fix a date for commencement of trial and for the defendants to be
remanded in the custody of Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS), while the
defence counsel, P. U. Alikor informed the court that he has applied for the
bail of the defendant. He therefore prayed the court to grant the defendants
bail to enable him prepare for his trial.
In his ruling, Justice Obile ordered that the
defendant be remanded at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre while the matter
was adjourned to November 28, 2024 for hearing of bail application.
Endy was arrested sometime in October, 2024 for
alleged visa scam and obtaining ney under false pretence, reported to the
Commission by three separate petitioners. He allegedly collected a total sum of
N9million from the three petitioners for the purpose of procuring travel visa
and care giver jobs for them in the United Kingdom. He neither procured
the visas nor returned their money to them.
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