By
Emmanuel Udom
Dr Taiwo Melumi, leader of the All Progressives Congress in
Ondo state, south-west Nigeria has been arraigned before a federal high court
in Lagos over allege N40million fraud.
Melumi, a medical doctor and managing director of Funtai Limited, was arraigned before Justice AbdulAziz Anka, Wednesday on a
one count charge by the special fraud unit of the Nigeria Police Force.
The police in a charge marked FHC/L/302c/16, alleged that the
APC chieftain, with intent to defraud, fraudulently obtained the sum of N40
million from one Nick Shaiyen, the Managing Director of Whitehall Management
Limited.
He was alleged to have
obtained the money from the victim with representation that he sold to him a
property known as Unit B9, situated at
Funtai Court, 3, Ruxton Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, which he falsely presented to
him as being free from all encumbrances.
The offence, the
prosecutor, Ekong Sunday said
contravened section 1(1)(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud related Offences Act,
2016. However, APC Senatorial leader pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Attempt by his
lawyer, Olumide Esan, to have his
bail application heard could not scale through, as he was unable to present the
summon for bail before the court.
The presiding judge, Justice Anka, consequently ordered that
the accused person be remanded in prisons custody, while adjourned the trial
till October 6.
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