Court remands Admin officer of UNILORIN teaching hospital over N8m fraud
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, arraigned a 45-year-old Mokuolu Oluwakayode Samuel, an Administrative Officer of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), before Justice Mahmoud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on two counts of fraudulent conversion of fund to the tune of about N8 million.
A statement by the Head, Media and Publicity of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, however, said that the suspect pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The count one of the charge against him, according to the EFCC, reads: “That you, Mokuolu Oluwakayode Samuel, between January and November, 2020 at Ilorin within the Ilorin judicial division, dishonestly converted to your own use the sum of N4,520,531.48, property of Mrs. Bukola Oladehinde Omodona entrusted with you and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 311 of the Penal Code Law and Punishable under section 312 of the same law.”
Count 2 reads: “That you, Mokuolu Oluwakayode Samuel, between November, 2020 and January, 2021 at Ilorin within the Ilorin Judicial Division, dishonestly converted to your own use the sum of N3, 300,000.00, property of Mrs. Obanla Dorcas Bukola Folashade entrusted with you and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 311 of the Penal Code Law and punishable under section 312 of the same law”
He pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Following his plea, prosecuting counsel Aliyu Adebayo told Justice Abdulgafar to give a trial date to enable the prosecution to prove its case. He also asked the court to remand Mokuolu at the facility of the Nigerian Correctional Service.
After listening to the arguments, Justice Abdulgafar ordered the defendant to be remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service and adjourned till May 30, 2023 for further hearing.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Kale Bayero Kayode Oyin-Zubair Basit Olatunji Salihu Jibril Garbi Amos Sayo Omoniyi Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Memunat Monsuma Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq Shururat Olatinwo Orire Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu Ilorin Muslim Community Toyin Falola Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode International Aviation College Aminat Omodara Adama Isa Adeleke Ogungbe Imodoye Writer’s Enclave Riskat Opakunle Adanla-Irese Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa Maryam Nurudeen Kannike Aliyu U. Tilde Olokoba Ilorin Emirate TESCOM Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station Ahman Pategi University Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria Esinrogunjo Waheed Ibrahim SWAN Egbewole Saheed Akinwumi Babaloja-General Balogun-Ojomu 20 Billion Bond Tinubu Legacy Forum Sun Qing Rong Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu Onilorin Bahago Kola Shittu ASKOMP Lanwa RTEAN Abdulrauf Aliyu Nigeria Governors\' Forum Ilorin.Info Nnazua Ibrahim Mashood Kwara Consultative Forum Mary Arinde Oju Ekun Sarumi Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed Alaiye Lithium Deposit Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu Sanitation Exercise Pakata Patriots Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi Shaaba Lafiagi KWASAA Saadu Gbogbo Iwe Monthly Sanitation Gbemi Saraki Abdulfatai Baakini Prince Mahe Abdulkadir GANZY Osuwa Bisi Kristien Sulu Gambari

