Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has fixed Tuesday, to rule on the bail application filed by an alleged kingpin of an internet fraud syndicate of about 792 suspects arrested in December, Friday Audu.
He is standing trial alongside a company, Genting International Ltd, on an amended forgery charge of eight counts, bought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
At Monday’s proceedings, the prosecution, led by Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, counsel asked that the amended charge be read to the defendants for their pleas to be taken.
Mr Audu pleaded not guilty, while the court entered a not guilty plea on behalf of the second defendant, Genting International Ltd.
The defendants are alleged to have forged a document titled Ultimate Beneficial Ownership Declaration Form, purportedly signed by one Baffale Yakubu in 2024 in Lagos. (TVC)