The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned one Philip Ifejimalu Eze and his company Orimiri Oil and Gas before Justice A.H. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court Apo-Abuja on a one count charge.
The charge reads “That you, Philip Ifejimalu Eze while being the Managing Director of Orimiri Oil and Gas sometime in 2024 in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud induced one Chief Amech Nduka of Amatex Oil and Gas to deliver 45,000 liters of Automatic Gas Oil valued at ₦63,000,000 (Sixty Three Million Naira only) which payment was made via a bank cheque of Mainstreet Bank Plc which you knew had already been liquidated as same was rejected at Zenith Bank Plc when presented for payment which pretense you knew to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(a) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act”
He pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him, which prompted prosecution counsel, Mariya Ujudud Shariff to request for a date to commence trial.
Justice Musa granted the suspect bail with two sureties, one of whom must be a civil servant not below GL12. The surety must bring a letter of introduction from his place of work to be verified by the Court Registrar while the other must have a house within the jurisdiction of the court and depose to an affidavit and sign a ₦2, 000,000 (Two Million Naira) bail bond.
The judge adjourned the matter till November 11, 2025 for commencement of trial.
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