Tope Jimi Fagun
EKO HOT BLOG reports that one Tope Jimi Fagun was on Wednesday charged before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
File photo of EFCC operatives
Fagun is charged with impersonation and acquiring N70 million under false pretenses on two counts.
The defendant reportedly pretended to be Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and took money from Alhaji Bukar Dalori for the 2020 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign in Edo.
The offence is penalized under the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, sections 1(1)(b) and 1(3).
The other count violates sections 179 of the Penal Code Law Caps 12 Laws of Borno State.
Fagun pleaded “not guilty” when the charges were read. The prosecution counsel, Alqasim Jafa’ar asked the court to remand him in prison.
Tope Jimi Fagun
Responding, his lawyer, Alli Apanisile informed the court of a pending application for bail and prayed the court allow the motion.
Justice Kumaliya declined the prayer and adjourned till November 24 for hearing of the application and commencement of trial.
The judge ordered that Fagun be remanded in a correctional facility.
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