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Open your defence, court orders Seun Egbegbe, others, dismisses no case submission

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Open your defence, court orders Seun Egbegbe, others, dismisses no case submission

A socialite, Olajide Kareem, popularly known as Seun Egbegbe, alongside four others, have been ordered by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to open defence after their no-case submission was dismissed by the court.

Egbegbe, a Nollywood filmmaker, Oyekan Ayomide, Lawal Kareem, Olalekan Yusuf and Muyideen Shoyombo are standing trial on charges of multiple fraud.

At the resumed trial of their case on Wednesday, the trial judge, Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, said the police had been able to establish a prima facie case against them, which requires that they put in their defence.

The judge, therefore, adjourned till January 12, 2021 for the defendants to open their defence.

Read also: Court fixes date to hear no-case submission by Seun Egbegbe, ex-husband of Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham

The suspects are standing trial 40 counts slammed against them by the police. They were alleged to have defrauded no fewer than 30 Bureau De Change operators in Lagos of various sums, both in local and foreign currencies, between 2015 and 2017.

According to the prosecuting counsel for the police, Innocent Anyigor, Egbegbe and his gang swindled the BDC operators out of total sums of N39, 098,100, $90,000 and £12,550 over a period of two years.

The prosecutor also stated that they obtained the money from their victims by deceiving them that they either had foreign currencies to sell to or buy from the BDC operators.

Anyigor further informed the court that the defendants acted contrary to Section 8 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006 and were liable to be punished under Section 1(3) of the same.
They however pleaded not guilty.

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