The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, on Monday, arraigned two individuals and a company before the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, over an alleged attempt to defraud a Nigerian commercial bank of €49 million.
The defendants—Abel Egerton Sokari, Nkiruka Chukwuma, and Zakah Global Investment Limited—were arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, forgery, and possession of fraudulent documents.
According to the EFCC, the accused, along with four others currently at large—Cheryl Austin Adanti, Husain Abid, Shazad Muhammed, and Ismail Adil—sought to obtain €49 million from First Bank of Nigeria under the false claim that the funds had been transferred from Bayan Investment Bank and Hedge Fund Statutory Trust into an account belonging to Zakah Global Investment Limited. (Guardian)