2 men in court for alleged N1.3m visa fraud
NAN-H-69
Visa
By Sylvester Thompson
Abuja, June 14, 2017(NAN) Two men, Amir Ibrahim,56, and Denis Taiye,46, were on Wednesday arraigned in a Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, over alleged visa fraud.
The two Suleja-based businessmen are facing trial on a four-count charge of criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, cheating and impersonation.
The prosecutor, Fidelia Ogbobe, told the court that the three complainants, Onuiri Joseph, Onu John, and Adeyemo Adedayo, reported the matter at Garki Police Station on March 29.
Ogbobe said the men, sometime in 2016, introduced themselves to the complainants as staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja.
He said the three men entrusted them with N1.3million and seven international passports bearing different names.
“They were to procure Turkish and Canadian visas for these people with international passports given to them by the complainants.
“But instead, they converted the money to their personal uses,’’ Ogbobe said.
He also said that during police investigations, international passports bearing some of the names given by the complainants were recovered from Ibrahim.
The prosecutor said that the offence was contrary to the provisions of Sections 97, 312, 322 and 179 of the Penal Code
The defendants denied committing the offence while the judge, Mr Umar Kagarko admitted them to bail in the sum of N1.5million each, with one reliable surety each in like sum. (NAN)
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Edited by Morayo Omolade/Obike Ukoh
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