Alleged $6.5m scam: EFCC arraigns Ikenna Kingsley aka Jeff Sikora - Daily Post Nigeria

He was docked before Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on an eight-count charge.

Kingsley was arrested on January 26, 2020, at his residence along Uzuakoli Road, Umuahia, Abia State. EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Wednesday, said the charges border on conspiracy, impersonation, forgery, possession of proceeds and obtaining money by false pretense to the tune of $6,502,000,000.

The offence contravenes Section 1 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 of the same Act.One of the counts read, “That you Onwuzuruike Ikenna Kingsley on or about the 28th day of December 2019, at Umuahia, Abia State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of $6,500,000.00 through web transfer from one Mr.

The defendant also collected the sum of $2,000 which was transferred to him by his accomplice, one Obi Taxas as part of his share of the heist.

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