The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,yesterday,
arraigned one Mohammed Yusuf Dabo before Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal
High Court, Gusau, Zamfara State on 11-count charge of obtaining N20 million
under false pretence and forgery.
Dabo is said to have
defrauded one Ya’u Mohammed of N20 million in a classic Advance Fee fraud scheme.
The fraudster, posing as
a spirit named
‘Asmau’, based in Niger Republic, convinced his victim into believing that the
mystery female voice had powers to establish schools and mosques to propagate
Islam but needed a human vessel through which this could be achieved.
He left the victim with no choice but to accept the offer of
becoming the human vessel after threatening him that he would die without
carrying out the assignment successfully.
The accused person began
to extort his victim and used the money to buy
exotic cars and acquire a mansion in the Red Bricks Area of Kano State.
The accused pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to
him.
The prosecution counsel, B.M Buhari asked
the court for permission to proceed with the trial but the defence counsel, B.M
Muqaddam urged the court to admit his client to bail
on the grounds of ill health.
However, Buhari opposed
the application on the grounds that the medical
reports attached to the bail application were not certified.
The presiding judge agreed with the prosecution and
refused the bail application. He ordered the prosecution to call his first witness.
The case was adjourned to
12th and 13th June, 2013 for continuation of trial, while the accused was
remanded in prison custody.
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