The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed 11 counts of fraud against the former Chairman of Ikeja Hotels Plc, Mr. Goodie Ibru, for allegedly defrauding the hotel to the tune of N1bn.
A copy of the charge sheet obtained by Punch on Sunday, was filed before Justice Raliatu Adebiyi of the Lagos Division of the Lagos State High Court.
Ibru was charged alongside three companies – Associated Ventures International Limited, IHL Services Limited and Clearview Investment Limited.
The EFCC, in one of the counts, alleged that Ibru and his co-suspects conspired amongst themselves to steal a sum of N867,700,990.00 being the profit due to Ikeja Hotels Plc, adding that the suspects received the stolen sum through Starwood Limited, the managers of Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja. The alleged offence was said to be committed between January and December 2010
In another of the counts, the EFCC alleged that the suspects, had between June and October 2010, with an intent to defraud, fraudulently converted to their personal use, a sum of N55,102,485.50 received through Starwood Limited as profit due to the hotel.
The EFCC further alleged that the suspects, with an intent to defraud, fraudulently converted to their personal use, various sums received through Starwood Limited as profit due to the hotel.
EFCC alleged that the defendants also, with an intent to defraud, fraudulently converted to their personal use a sum of N27, 508,766.25 sometime in February 2010 – property of Ikeja Hotels Plc which sum was said to have been received through Clearview Investment Limited as proceeds of the sale of Ikeja Hotels property.
According to the anti-graft commission, these alleged offences committed by the suspects are contrary to sections 516, 370(7)(b) and 9 and 278(1)(b) and 285(8) and 9(b) 0f the Criminal Code Cap C. 17, Vol. 11, Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.
No date has been fixed for the arraignment of the suspects.
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The EFCC guys are a bunch of unserious guys. They are not serious with their job. How many corrupt politicians has they succeed in putting behind bars since the last 10 years? The answer is zero.
ReplyDeleteThe head of the EFCC should be the first person Buhari would have shown the way out since taking over . But he will not do that bcos the guy is his fellow northern muslim.
Joke maker, i.e. joker!
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Who was calculating the money?
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Not again. He is almost broke o.
ReplyDeleteThis EFCC should stop now ,what nonsense ,infact EFCC should be dissolved ,who are they and what do they stand for ,mad people
ReplyDeleteEffc... invite,dialogue,laugh,shake hands and walk!
ReplyDeleteHe is the owner of the hotel. They should leave this good man alone.
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As usual they won't find anything. Its just an invitation to talk and talk and talk and drink tea or table water. EFCC should please rest biko.
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