The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 31, 2025, arraigned
one Abiodun Maccarthy before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences
Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos,
He was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on
stealing and forgery to the tune of N423, 000, 000.00 (Four Hundred and Twenty
Three Million Naira, ) an offence contrary to Section 278 and 361 (1) of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
Count one reads: “ABIODUN MACCARTHY, sometime in 2018
at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly
converted to your own use the sum of N423, 000, 000.00 (Four Hundred and
Twenty-Three Million Naira only), money which forms part of N650,000.000 (Six
Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) paid to you by Great Endurance Bureau De
Change for fixed deposit investment with Polaris bank, while you were in their
employ".
Count two reads : “ABIODUN MACCARTHY, sometime in 2018
at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to
defraud, forged a Polaris Bank Plc fixed deposit investment certificate with
slip no. 332540 and issued same to Great Endurance Bureau De Change as evidence
of investment".
He pleaded "not guilty" to the charge
preferred against him.
In view of his plea, prosecution counsel, B. M.
Isah, asked the court for a trial date and also prayed the court to order the
remand of the defendant in a Correctional Centre.
Consequently. Justice Dada adjourned the case till
October 22, 2025 and also ordered the remand of the defendant in a
Correctional Centre.
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