Photo: Nigerian woman arraigned in court for allegedly defrauding Pastor of N23.3m - Risingsuntv

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
Lagos Zonal office,yesterday arraigned one Olawunmi
Dilureni before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Lagos State
High Court sitting in Ikeja on an eight-count charge of
conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence and
stealing to the tune of Twenty-three Million, Three
Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira (N23, 320, 000.
00).





The defendant alongside Lola Aremu Anjorin, Tunde
Jamiu, Oluremi Osobu and Home Concepts Limited( all at
large) allegedly conspired to defraud a popular Lagos
pastor, someone else named Nellie St. Matthew-Daniel
and Eyitope St. Matthew-Daniel of the money.

One of the count reads:" That you, Olawumi Dilureni, on or
about the 16th day of April, 2013 at Lagos, within the
jurisdiction of this Honourable court, obtained the sum of
N10, 000, 000. 00 (Ten Million Naira only) from one Dr.


Anthony Rapu under the pretence that the money is for
investment in diesel supply business with a monthly
interest rate of 6.5%, which pretext you knew to be false
and committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) and
1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related
Offences Act, No. 14 of 2016".
Another count reads: " That you, Olawunmi Dilureni, on or
about 17th April, 2013, within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable court, dishonestly converted for your own use
the sum of N10, 000, 000. 00 (Ten Million Naira) only
property of Tony Rapu and committed an offence contrary
to Sections 278 and 285(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos
State No. 11, 2011".

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge when it
was read to her.
In view of her plea, the prosecution counsel, Fadeke Giwa,
asked the court for a trial date and also urged the court to
remand the defendant in prison custody.
Counsel to the defendant, Tunde Kolawole, however,
informed the court that he had filed an application for bail
on behalf of his client.





The prosecution counsel told the court that she was
served the bail application yesterday and that she needed
time to respond accordingly.
She, therefore, asked for a short date to enable her reply
in writing.

Justice Solebo adjourned the case to March 14, 2018 for
hearing of the application for bail and ordered the
defendant to be remanded in prison custody pending the
hearing of her bail application.