{"id":24845,"date":"2022-05-16T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=24845"},"modified":"2022-05-16T18:49:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:49:02","slug":"absence-of-prosecution-counsel-stalls-trial-of-businessman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/05\/16\/absence-of-prosecution-counsel-stalls-trial-of-businessman\/","title":{"rendered":"Absence of prosecution counsel stalls trial of businessman\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0The absence of a Prosecution Counsel, Mr Samuel Ugwuegbulam, in an FCT High Court in Kubwa, Abuja, stalled the trial of a businessman, Philemon Gora charged with alleged N80 million fraud.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission<\/a> (EFCC) charged Gora, Managing Director of \u2018G\u2019 Commanding Resources Limited, with 12 counts bordering on obtaining under false pretence.<\/div>\n
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At the resumed trial, the defence counsel, Solomon Akuma told the court that the prosecution counsel was not in court and his cell phone was not reachable.<\/div>\n
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Akuma however prayed for an adjournment, informing the court that the defendant was in the custody of the EFCC.<\/div>\n
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Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya adjourned the matter until May 17 for hearing.<\/div>\n
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Reports that the EFCC alleged that the defendant,\u00a0 obtained N80 million from Abegyi Nigeria Limited between May to June 2014.<\/div>\n
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The prosecution counsel alleged that the defendant obtained the said sum under false pretence of having an investment platform licenced by the Nigerian Government<\/a> for online trading.<\/div>\n
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He said the defendant was supposed to pay 20 per cent monthly interest to Abegyi Nigeria Limited on its investment which was false.<\/div>\n
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Ugwuegbulam also said the defendant forged a Diamond Bank plc letter head, Sky Bank Trans Amadi Branch stamp and used as genuine a swift telex message of Deutsche Bank Frankfurt, Germany.<\/div>\n
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The offence, he said, contravened Sections 8, 1(1)(a) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act 2006<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n