EFCC arraigns man, others for $1m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one
Bashir Ishaq Bashir alongside his companies, Leda Greenpower Consortium,
Leda Greenpower Nigeria Limited and Leda Consortium Limited before
Justice S.E. Aladetoyinbo of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High
Court, Maitama, on a three-count charge of obtaining by false pretence
and cheating to the tune of $1 million.
Bashir was alleged to have collected the said sum as part payment of a
$3 million agreement from Althani Investments Company Limited for the
purpose of forming a consortium to bid for shares at the Kaduna
Electricity Distribution Company. The bidding failed and several
attempts made by the company for a refund of the money proved abortive.
He pleaded "not guilty" to the charges when they were read to him.
Prosecution counsel, Rimamsomte Ezekiel, thereafter asked for a trial date.
Responding, counsel for the defendant, A.B. Anachebe, SAN, moved the motion for his bail application.
Ezekiel opposed the application, arguing that "the defendant if granted
bail will interfere with prosecution witnesses". He further argued that
the application was not proper in the sense that the defence only
mentioned the name of the first defendant without reference to the
second, third and fourth defendants.
Justice Aladetoyinbo, while adjourning to April 10, 2017 for hearing
granted him bail in the sum of N2 million and one surety in like some.
The surety must be resident in Abuja and must have a landed property.
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