EFCC arraigns Kukoyi, Okpala, Okpalaeze, Petro Gas for alleged £2.5bn fraud - Daily Post Nigeria

Union & Gas Company Limited, before Justice Mohammad Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

They were arraigned on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, attempt to steal and forgery to the tune of £2,556,000,000.00 One of the counts reads: “That you, Petro Union Oil and Gas Company Limited, Prince Isaac Okpala , Abayomi Kukoyi, Prince Kingsley Okpala, Prince Chidi Okpalaeze, Prince Emmanuel Okpalaeze and Princess Gladys Okpalaeze , on or about the 29th December, 1994, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, fraudulently procured a Barclays Bank cheque dated 29th December, 1994 in the sum of £2,556,000,000.

Another count reads: “That you, Petro Union Oil and Gas Company Limited, Prince Isaac Okpala, Abayomi Kukoyi, Prince Kingsley Okpala, Prince Chidi Okpalaeze, Prince Emmanuel Okpalaeze and Princess Gladys Okpaleze on or about the 10th April, 2007, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, forged a certain document to wit: statement of account in the name of Goldmatic Limited purportedly issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria in account number: 10382175, wherein you...

They pleaded not guilty and the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, asked the court for a trial date and also prayed that the defendants be remanded in the Nigeria Correctional Service, NCS.Justice Liman adjourned the matter to February 19, 2020 for hearing of the bail applications and commencement of trial.

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