Former Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko.
A Lagos High Court, Ikeja, Lagos has been told how two Oyo state based businessmen, Jimoh Oderinde and Sheriff Ajaga allegedly used the name of former Comptroller- General of Nigerian Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko to obtain N30.7 million by false pretence.
An operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kajethan Egerue, told Justice Kudirat Jose of the fraud case against the two defendants.
The anti-graft commission had slammed seven count charge of conspiracy to obtain money and obtaining money by false pretence contrary to Section 1(3) of Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offence Act No 14 of 2006 against the two.
In his testimony, the witness told court that he knew the defendants following a petition written by one Jimoh Oyesiji dated February 9, 2015.
He said that the defendants collected the money from the complainant as cost to facilitate the release of his (complainant’s) goods which were seized by the Nigerian Customs Service.
According to him, the complainant sometimes in 2014, imported 8000 bags of rice which was seized by the Nigerian Customs Service, but 1st defendant told him he knows someone working with the presidency that will facilitate the release of the goods.
The 1st defendant, he said, organised a meeting with the complainant and 2nd defendant, who claimed to have discussed the matter with customs boss, Dikko and bearing the name, George Olawale.
“Before the meeting, 1st defendant collected N200, 000 to facilitate the meeting and second defendant collected N1 million. Then 2nd defendant forwarded first bank account number to the complainant and he transferred N29.5 million into it,” Egerue said.
He further told the court that operatives then wrote the bank to get account details of George Olawale and the bank responded. “From the response, we discovered that the sum of N29, 500 million was paid by the complainant. We also got to know that N7 million was transferred to one Toyin Oderinde, wife of 1st defendant. Then N7 million was transferred to 2nd defendant’s Diamond bank with name Oderinde. Further hearing has been adjourned till November 22, 2016
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