BEVERLY HILLS, February 10, (THEWILL) – Popular movie producer, Olajide Oluwaseun Kareem, popularly known as Seun Egbegbe, was on Friday, remanded in prison by Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over an alleged foreign exchange scam.
Egbegbe had been arraigned before the court on a 36- count charge of conspiracy and fraud by Policemen from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) of Lagos State Police Command, Panti-Yaba.
He was arraigned alongside his accomplice, one Oyekan Ayomide.
In the charge sheet filed before by the SCIID’s Head of Legal Department, Effiong Asuquo, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), said the two suspects were alleged to have defrauded Bureau De Change (BDC) operators at various places in Lagos State to the tune of N40.647 million.
The offences, according to the prosecutor, Anyigor Innocent, are contrary to sections 8 and 1(1)(a)(B)(3) of Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006, and punishable under section 1(1) of the same Act.
Some of the BDC operators allegedly defrauded by the defendants are – Issa Adamu, Mohammed Sanni, Jubril Ado, Hassan Amodu, Bala Mohammed, Sanni Hassan, Abdullahi Mumuni, Suraju Garuba, Mutairu Shuaibu, Sanusi Muhammad, and Kabiru Jubril.
Others are – Barowo Abdullahi, Yahu, Abubakar Musa, Abdullahi Babatunde, Nasir Musa, Umaru Haruna, Umaru Sanni, Mohammed Bello, Mohammed Alli, Abdulrazaq Sanni, Tairu Musa, Sulaiman Sheu, Amadu Abda and Dauda Ibrahim.
Both the defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred against them by the police.
