A Couple Involved In ‘N32.5m Fraud’ Arraigned

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Office, has arraigned Austin Mbonu and Nnenna Mbonu, aka Chika Mbonu, alongside their companies- Global Steno Nigeria Ltd and Nestins Global Links Ltd- before Justice O. A. Taiwo of the state High Court, Ikeja.






They have been arraigned with a 20-count charge that limits suspected conspiracy, falsification and money acquisition by false pretense in the tune of N32,507,628.08  One of the numbers reads: "That, you, Austin Mbonu, Nnenna Mbonu (aka Chika Mbonu) and Nestin Global Links Ltd, on June 30th, 2017 in Lagos at the Lagos Judicial Division, with a desire to robbers, conspiracy to get the sum of N14, 145,686.95 (Fourteen million, One hundred and Forty-five Thousand, Six Raan and Eighty-six Naira, Five-Stroke Kobo) from Fidelity Bank PLC as the cost of mobilization of Local Purchase Order (LPO), contract from Chivita Nigeria Ltd. " The defendants begged not to be guilty.  The persecution counsel, Nkeruwem Anana, requested a hearing date and urged the court to remand the defendants in prison custody.  But the defense counsel, Peter Ozodiale, has transferred a bail application on behalf of his clients.  He said: "My Lord, the defendants are in EFCC's guard for days. The second defendant, Nnenna Mbonu, is a nursing mother; she has a four-month-old baby." Justice Taiwo presented the case until February 2 for a bail application hearing and ordered defendants to remand the EFCC safeguarding.  On February 2, they were bailed out after meeting the conditions.  The trial was fixed March 19, 20 and 24




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