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...

INVASION OF DE LATINOS CONCEPT UMUAHIA. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 Press Release 


Invasion of De Latinos Concept Umuahia


His Excellency, Governor Alex Otti has received with shock, the news of the Invasion and attack of a popular Entertainment/Hospitality outfit in Umuahia, De Latinos Concept, on Sunday March 9, 2025, leading to the destruction of items and injuries on innocent persons.


The Governor has therefore directed the Commissioner of Police to fish out the perpetrators of the violence and bring them to justice.


He vowed that every single person involved in the attack would be prosecuted to serve as a lesson to others who may want to indulge in similar acts in the future. 


Governor Otti also sent the Deputy Governor, Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu who visited the scene and commiserated with the management and staff of De Latinos on behalf of the Governor and the State Government.


Engr. Emetu who was jointly received on arrival by the CEO of De Latinos and the State Commissioner of Police CP Danladi Isa, expressed regret over the unfortunate incident and reassured the management that the government would do everything to protect investors and their investments in the state, assuring that government would get to the root of the matter.


Also speaking, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Danladi Isa expressed regret over the incident which he described as avoidable, and disclosed that officers behind the incident had been arrested and were being interrogated. 


Governor Otti wishes to reassure Abians that his government is committed to creating and sustaining the enabling environment for legitimate businesses to thrive and thus would not sit idly by and watch some unpatriotic persons instill fear in the minds of innocent residents and business owners in the state.


Ferdinand Ekeoma 

Special Adviser to the Governor 

(Media and Publicity)

March 10, 2025.

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