An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama has given the Federal Government the nod to prosecute an estate developer, Uche Okoli, on a 17-count charge bordering on alleged N27 million fraud.
Trial Justice Peter Kekemeke slated December 4 to arraign the defendant, and his firm, MultiShelter Nigeria Limited who were accused of collecting N27m from one Kelechi Anuebunwa, at various times, under the pretence of selling to her a terrace apartment in House Number 25, Silver spoon Court located at Plot 713, Cadastral Zone B14 Dutse District, Abuja.
FG told the court that the said property was presented to the victim as that of the defendants. It alleged that the Defendants forged the title documents relating to the property and presented them as genuine to defraud the unsuspecting subscriber.
According to the prosecution, the defendants committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) of the Advance Fee and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
Some of the counts in the charge marked: CR/721/2023, read: “That you Uche Okoli being the Chief Executive Officer and the managing director of Multi shelter Nigeria Limited and you Multi Shelter Nigeria Limited on or about the 22nd day of May 2018 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N5.1 million) from one Kelechi C Kingsley Anuebunwa under the pretense of selling to her a terrace apartment in House Number 25, Silver spoon Court located at Plot 713, Cadastral Zone B14 Dutse District, Abuja which property you presented to her as your own which pretense you knew was false having earlier alienated your title to the said property and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1) of the Advance Fee and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
“That you, Uche Okoli being the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of Multi Shelter Nigeria Limited and you MultiShelter Nigeria Limited on or about the 20th day of September 2018 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of One Million Naira (N1,000,000} from one Kelechi C. Kingsley Anuebunwa under the pretence of selling to him a terrace apartment in House Number 25, Silver Spoon Court located at 13 Cadastral Zone B14 Dutse District, Abuja which property you presented to her as your own which pretense you KNEW was false having earlier alienated your title to the said property and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) of the Advance Fee and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.
“That you Uche Okoli being the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of Multi shelter Nigeria Limited and you Multi Shelter Nigeria Limited on or about the 3rd day of July 2018 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of One Million Naira (N1,000,000) from one Kelechi C Kingsley Anuebunwa under the pretence of selling to her a terrace apartment in House Number 25, Silver Sooon Court located at Plot 713, Cadastral Zone B14 Dutse District, Abuja -which property you represented to her as your own which pretense you knew was false having earlier alienated your title to the said property and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) of the Advance Fee and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
“That you Uche Okoli being the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of Multi Shelter Nigeria Limited and you, Multi Shelter Nigeria Limited sometime in 2018 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, used as genuine a document titled agreement dated 17! May 2012 purportedly signed by Kingsley Anuegbunwa as the purchaser of Plot 23 in an estate called Silver Spoon Court located at Plot 713, Cadastral Lone Road Dutse District, Abuja, and Multi Shelter Limited as the Developer Of the said property and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 356 of the Penal Code Act and punishable under section 364 of the same Act.”
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