ALLEGED $1.5M FRAUD: WITNESS TELLS COURT FUNDS CAME INTO DEFENDANT’S ACCOUNT IN MULTIPLE TRANCHES. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Alleged $1.5m Fraud:   Witness Tells Court Funds Came into Defendant’s Account in Multiple Tranches The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, June 29, 2026, presented its third prosecution witness (PW3), Levi Amanda Opice, a Compliance Officer with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), in the ongoing trial of Ifoma Immanuel before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, over an alleged $1.5 million fraud. Immanuel is standing trial alongside his company, Intermediate Investment Holdings Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and forgery involving the sum of $1.5 million. According to the EFCC, investigations revealed that the defendant allegedly induced Adebisi Adebutu of R28 Holdings Limited to invest $1.5 million by claiming that the funds would be used to finance projects linked to Chappal Petroleum Development Company Limited, Intermediate Investment Holdings Limited, and Chappal Ener...

FIRE RAZES ELECTRONICS SHOP IN BORNO. (PHOTO).


 Fire Razes Electronics Shop in Borno


A fire outbreak on Monday night destroyed an electronics shop at Monday Market, Maiduguri, owned by Mohammed Abba Malam, Chairman of the Electronics Sellers Association in Borno State.


Eyewitnesses reported that the fire started around 7 p.m., consuming home appliances worth millions of naira.


Confirming the incident on Tuesday, ASP Nahum Daso, spokesperson for the Borno State Police Command, stated that officers responded swiftly to a distress call, securing the area to prevent looting while firefighters battled the flames.


Daso noted that only the Chairman’s shop was affected, and no casualties were recorded.


A trader, Hassan Abdullahi, confirmed that while goods were lost, the quick intervention of police and fire service personnel helped contain the damage.


As of the time of reporting, the cause of the fire and the estimated property loss remain undetermined.

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