{"id":167024,"date":"2022-03-25T04:26:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T03:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=167024"},"modified":"2022-03-25T04:51:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T03:51:15","slug":"how-i-lost-n525m-to-fraudsters-oba-jacob-esan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/25\/how-i-lost-n525m-to-fraudsters-oba-jacob-esan\/","title":{"rendered":"How fraud syndicate defrauded me of N525m \u2013 Osun monarch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oba Jacob Esan, a monarch from Osun State, spoke yesterday in a Lagos court about how three defendants defrauded him of N525 million.<\/p>\n<p>As the prosecution&#8217;s third witness, he testified against the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Philemon Ibrahim Gora, Osigwe Edison, and Gracious Environ Workers Limited &amp; Planners Nigeria Limited are accused of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>They appeared in front of Justice S.O. Solebo of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants were arraigned on a 10-count allegation of stealing, conspiracy to obtain by false witness, and obtaining by false pretence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, on December 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_167026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167026\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/ify_davies\/2022\/03\/25\/Philemon-Ibrahim-Gora-who-duped-Oba-Jacob-Esan-405x540-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/ify_davies\/2022\/03\/25\/Philemon-Ibrahim-Gora-who-duped-Oba-Jacob-Esan-405x540-1.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/ify_davies\/2022\/03\/25\/Philemon-Ibrahim-Gora-who-duped-Oba-Jacob-Esan-405x540-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philemon Ibrahim Gora<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the counts reads: \u201cPhilemon Ibrahim Gora, Osigwe Tobechukwu Edison and Gracious Environ Workers Limited &amp; Planners Nigeria Limited, sometime in 2021, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court ,and with intent to defraud ,did conspire amongst yourselves to steal the total sum of N525,000,000 (Five Hundred and Twenty-five Million Naira) property of HRH Jacob Esan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another count reads: \u201cPhilemon Ibrahim Gora, Osigwe Tobechukwu Edison and Gracious Environ Workers Limited &amp; Planners Nigeria Limited, sometime in 2021, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonesty converted to your own use the total sum of N300,000,000 (Three Hundred Million Naira) property of Liberitas Plc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The defendants are further accused of defrauding Mabilla Resource Ltd. of the sum of N140million, and Covidol Traders, UAE of the sum of N85million.<\/p>\n<p>They pleaded \u201cnot guilty\u201d to the charges.<\/p>\n<p>Gora who is being prosecuted by the EFCC at a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Abuja for another alleged fraud, was arrested by the EFCC in July 2021, following the petition against him.<\/p>\n<p>He allegedly obtained the sum of N525 million from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/29\/ex-governor-peter-obis-next-cash-carry-supermarket-management-breaks-silence-on-boxing-day-fire-outbreak\/\">traditional ruler<\/a>, with the assurance of helping him convert it to United Arab Emirate, UAE, Dirham; but, he never did, and instead, converted the money to his personal use.<\/p>\n<p>At today\u2019s proceeding, Oba Esan, who was led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, informed the Court that previously he was \u201can investment banker and currently an entrepreneur\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He further testified that he founded a number of companies including Liberitas Plc, which according to him was established in 2017 \u201cto provide low cost housing in Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He testified that Mabilla Resource Ltd was part of a group of companies that he worked with to deliver on regenerating the Nigerian economy.<\/p>\n<p>He also identified Covidol Traders, UAE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know them, and I worked with them as part of a group of companies I work with, with which we have strategic partnership to deliver on regenerating this country\u2019s potential,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Testifying further, he said, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/10\/efcc-chairman-testifies-in-court-over-alleged-n1-4bn-subsidy-fraud\/\">company<\/a> had entered into a strategic partnership with FORSA, a company in South Africa, which deals in the use of formworks to build three-bedroom flats in two to three days. He said the aim was to address the housing problems in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He testified that he had a meeting with the Osun State governor to assist in using the technology to construct 7,200 housing units.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe entered into an MoU with the Osun State Property Development Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubsequently, I needed to purchase the formworks and the invoice was raised for that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI instructed that the invoice be paid for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I delegated that they should source for the currency to enable us pay for the invoice so that we can start development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, subsequently, in sourcing for the currency, Liberitas, Covidol and Mabilla transferred a total sum of N525 million to Gracious Environ Workers Limited &amp; Planners Nigeria Limited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, I now know from investigation that Philemon Gora conspired with some other persons known and unknown to me now, to collect and represent that they can provide the equivalent of the money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut instead, as I speak, my lord, we have not received value in whatever form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that Gora merely squandered the money to personal use.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been adjourned till May 9 to 13, 2022 for continuation of trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oba Jacob Esan, a monarch from Osun State, spoke yesterday in a Lagos court about how three defendants defrauded him of N525 million. 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