EFCC arraigns fake car dealer over alleged  N15.4m fraud in Enugu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Directorate, has arraigned one Chukwuebuka Ogbonna before Justice Vincent C. Ezeugwu of the Enugu State High Court.

Ogbonna was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on stealing by conversion to the tune of N15, 400, 000.

The court said that the offence is contrary to Section 342 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap 30, Enugu State and punishable under Section 353 (1) of the same Law.

Meanwhile, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him.    

In view of his plea, counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Ajobiewe, prayed the court for a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded at the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, in Enugu.

The matter was thereafter adjourned to July 16, 2026 for hearing of bail application and the defendant was remanded at the Commission’s facility.

The defendant was arrested, following claims of a petitioner that he paid him N15.4m,  sometime in October 2023,   to assist him in importing three cars.

On receipt of the money, the defendant promised to deliver the cars on or before December 25, 2023, but failed to do so.

He neither delivered the cars nor returned the money to the petitioner.