The accused person was arraigned on 2 July by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC on a four- Count charge for allegedly defrauding one Rev. Jeffrey Ramsey when he fraudulently presented himself as a customs agent.
According to the complainant, he fell prey to the suspect’s fraudulent activities when he responded to an internet advertisement posted by Daramola in which some cars were displayed for sale at the cost of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200,000.00) each.
When the complainant offered to buy four of the cars, Daramola demanded for customs duty from him. The complainant said he paid the sum of N80, 000.00 (Eighty Thousand Naira) into Daramola’s UBA account number 006780024414 in two instalments. After the payment was made, Rev. Ramsey waited to no avail for his cars.
When the charge was read to the accused, he pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
The defence counsel, P.N.J Okenwa appealed to the court to admit his client to bail as he was preparing to write his examination.
But prosecution counsel, Ene Kenechukwu told the court that he was served with the bail application at 9 a.m on the day of arraignment and asked for time to enable him respond to it. In addition, he urged court to remand the accused person in prison custody.
Justice Mohammed granted the prosecution’s request and ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case to July 10, 2012.
However, the bail application could not be heard on July 10, 2012 as the judge was said to be indisposed.
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