ALLEGED N4. 8BN FRAUD: APPEAL COURT ADJOURNS IBETO'S APPEAL TILL SEPT 16.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.
Alleged N4.8bn Fraud: Appeal Court Adjourns Ibeto’s Appeal Till Sept 16 A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division,on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, adjourned till September 16, 2024, the hearing of the appeal filed by the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto. The case, which was initially before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, had suffered several adjournments due to the absence of the defendant to take his plea with respect to the 10-count charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was charged alongside his companies, Ibeto Energy Development Company and Odoh Holdings Ltd. Justice Ijelu had, on November 3, 2023 declared Ibeto wanted based on the application moved by counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN. He had also issued a bench warrant for his arrest. However, when the case came up on January 29, 2024, the court informed all parties involved that the case file had been returned to
According to a national newspaper,two Nigerians namely Magnus Ikechukwu Kamah 38,and Ndubusi Sunday Okeke 34,have been arrested and charged in South African after an attempted fraudulent sale of a home in Western Australia.Apart from the two Nigerians,a South African woman Asanda Zimkhitha Cwap ,28 was also arrested on wednesday 3 July following a five month investigation.They were charged with fraud,forgery and uttering.In February,a Mandurah real estate agency that was managing a Green Fields property on behalf of its South African owner received an email from the accused,who allegedly pretended to be the real owner and duped the agency into changing the contact email address it had on file.Two weeks later,a request to sell the property was received and agreements were signed with allegedly forged signatures and exchanged electronically.The property was then put on the market in March,an offer was made on the property and accepted by the pretended owner.On receiving the offer,the agency mailed documents to the real owners,the real owners raised the alarm and informed the authorities.The three suspects are due to appear in Johannesburg court o friday.
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