The trial of one Ladeji Babatunde before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for offence bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N2.9 million continued on Monday, August 1, 2022 with the trial judge delivering ruling on his trial-within-trial as the court admit in evidence the statement of the defendant.
Babatunde who was first arraigned in December 2021, is being prosecuted by the EFCC on a four-count charge.
Another development, the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), August 1, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Ali Sani Yaro before Justice Daruis Khobo of the State High Court Kaduna, on a one count charge.
Sani allegedly posed as a Grade Level 12 staff of Soba Local Government Area to secure the bail of a suspect under investigation by the EFCC. But the documents he presented were found to be forged in the course of verification by the Commission.
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