The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dragged a suspected romance scammer, Omokoh Jesse, to court for romance scam.
Jesse was arraigned before Justice R.B. Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on nine counts bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences.
Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, explained that the suspect collected a total of $90,000 from her online lover, 67-year-old Jette Jacobs, for a marriage that never took place.
The EFCC told the court that Jesse met Jacobs in an online dating site and started a relationship with her.
The anti-graft agency added that the investigations conducted by its officials showed that the defendant travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa in November 2012.
“Jesse left Nigeria to meet her (Jacobs) on February 4, 2013. Five days later, Jacobs was found dead in her apartment.
“Jesse returned to Nigeria two days after the discovery of the body of his supposed lover in her South-African apartment,” the EFCC said.
The charges against Jesse read in part, That you, “Omokoh Jesse, Ifeanyi Oro (still at large), Emojewe (still at large) and David (still at large), sometime in 2012 at Ibadan, Oyo State, within the Ibadan Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, conspired to obtain the sum of $70,000 from one Jette Jacobs, a 67-year-old Australian woman under the pretext that the money represents payment for marriage engagement processes between you and her in Nigeria and which pretence you knew was false.”
However, Jesse pleaded not guilty to the nine charges.
The EFCC Counsel, Zainab Ettu, prayed the court for a trial date and for the remand of the accused person in prison.
But counsel for the accused person, Tunji Ogunude, informed the court that he had filed an application for bail.
Akintola adjourned the case till July 10, 2014 for hearing of bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Agodi Prison.
Source: Punchng
Source: Punchng
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