The EFCC has arraigned a suspected Internet fraudster, Akpaikpe Etim,
before Justice J.E. Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court sitting in
Ikeja, Lagos on an eight-count charge bordering on possession of
fraudulent documents and obtaining money by false pretense.
Akpaikpe, 30, who is said to be a member of a syndicate of fraudsters
operating in the Lekki area of Lagos, among other alleged offences,
obtained the sum of $4,000 USD from a victim in Singapore, after posting
a dog for sale on an online platform.
An investigation also revealed that the suspect, who does not have a
stable job, had several inflows of money into his account, which he
could not satisfactorily account for.
The suspect pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.In view
of his pleas, the prosecution counsel, Banjo James, asked for a trial
date and prayed the court to remand the suspect in prison.
In his response, counsel to the defence, O.V. Adoro, urged the court to
grant his client bail. However, the prosecution counsel opposed the bail
application.
Consequently, Justice Oyefeso ordered the suspect to be remanded in
Kirikiri Prisons and adjourned the case to February 18, 2018, for a
hearing of bail application.
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