Ofem, who guaranteed to be the unique consultant to the Chief of Staff to the President, allegedly fleeced numerous people to the tune of N100 million, promising them top political arrangements in the Presidency before enemy got up to speed with him.
The suspect, who neglected to secure the House of Representatives situate in 2015, was dragged under the steady gaze of the court to represent his wrongdoing by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, which pummeled him with a six-check charge verging on misrepresentation and getting cash under affectation.
His capture and arraignment took after petitions documented by casualties of his abominations to the ICPC, which promptly swung without hesitation to get him secured before he could cheat more Nigerians.
As indicated by ICPC, Mr. Ofem had been introducing himself to his clueless casualties as a Special Adviser to the Chief of Staff to the President, a claim that he used to dupe subjects to the tune of N100 million on the affection that he would get them clerical, board and different arrangements.
The monies had been kept into his financial balance on different dates from June 2016. The charges brought against the respondent showed that his activities repudiated Sections 324 and 322 of the Penal Code Act and Cap 352 Vol. 4 LFN 2004.
The denounced, who argued not liable to the charges leveled against him, connected for safeguard through his legal counselor, Mr. Edidion Osungurua, yet was denied by the court. ICPC indictment group, drove by Mr. Elijah Akaakohol, did not restrict the application but rather requested stringent conditions to be appended to the safeguard.
Be that as it may, in his decision, Justice Ashi, denied him safeguard and requested his remand in Prison authority until sixteenth January 2018 when the safeguard application would be heard.
Counterfeit Buhari's CofS's assistant remanded in jail over N.1 b misrepresentation
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