The men are allegedly, part of a five-man syndicate that defrauded one Micheal J Firm, a South African of the sum of $60, 000 under the pretense of registering his company with Nigerian Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to enable it supply the Federal Ministry of Defense with pre-cooked meals in sachets.
One of the charges reads....
"That you, Nnanna Kalu, Ukaegbu Arisa, James David Njoku (at large), Lekwauwa David Emeragh (at large), and Anyaso Okoro (at large) on about 3rd June, 2013 in Abia State within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria with the intent to defraud, obtained the sum of ($37,827) thirty seven thousand, eight hundred and twenty seven United State Dollars from Mr. Micheal J Firm (A South African citizen) through United Bank of Africa (UBA) account number 3001510615 of Adimigiri Nigerian Limited under the false pretense that the money is meant to register his company with NAFDAC for the purpose of supplying Federal Ministry of Defense with pre-cooked meals in sachets, from South Africa, which pretense you knew to be false and you thereby committed an offense contrary to section 1(1) (A) of the Advance Free Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offenses Act, 2006 and Punishable Under Section ( 3) of the same act."
Nnanna and Ukaegbu pleaded not guilty to the charges. Mr. Mainforce Adaku Ekwu, who is the prosecuting counsel asked that they be remanded in prison while a date is fixed for the trial. The counsel to the accused persons asked the court for a short date to allow him file for bailHearing of the bail is set for the 15th of May, 2014 while the trial is set for 19th of June, 2014. The accused persons are to be remanded in custody
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